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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the harm in some families opting into Eastern? If enough concerned families do, the conversation looks very different about the school years from now. I totally understand families who opt not to. For those who want to try their neighborhood school, what is the harm? There are always Catholic school options.[/quote]

Well, for girls, there isn't a Catholic high school with strong academics in the area. The boys can go to Gonzaga or St Anselm's. But for girls, Seton isn't that great and Visi and Stone Ridge are pretty far. [/quote]

This. My oldest is a girl and I'd feel much more comfortable about sending her to SH if there was a Gonzaga equivalent for girls to be a HS backup. I just don't know if we can realistically afford the elite privates (we have multiple kids) and Walls is such a crap shoot. I have heard more excitement about Banneker from friends recently, so I will definitely look into that, and SH getting 25 kids into Duke is nice, but I remain skeptical of the academics and the commute from the Hill is atrocious.[/quote]

+1. [b]If Eastern wanted to serve the kids who peel off to BASIS or Latin [/b]in 5th grade in order to have that high school option, it would change the whole middle school pattern, too. [/quote]

What does the bolded even mean? Who thinks this is that easy?[/quote]

Test score-based tracking for all academic subjects. Very much that easy. Not going to happen, but that's a separate issue. [/quote]

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