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[quote=Anonymous]I find this discussion fascinating because I went to school in a similar college town in a similar era. Here's the thing: that was before the Internet. We now have WAY too much information about schools. I am sure your parents could not tell you the average SAT scores of your high school, or the number of kids on free lunch, or all the college admission stats, or probably even what was on the lunch menu. They did not have online rumors. No one would even know if someone was planning to serve Trix yogurt. They would simply see what their children were learning and conclude that it was a good school and stop worrying about it. Learn to ignore all of the noise out there. You don't need to go to the best schools in America to get an excellent education that can take you anywhere. (Also, in my college town there was only 1 high school, and there are 25 in this county alone, so that definitely creates more choice for parents to freak out about.)

For what it's worth, we are in the Einstein cluster in Silver Spring. My kids love school and have learned a lot. We've lived here 12 years and I can't remember any of these parental freak-outs a la Trix. But I'm sure there's something on the Internet if I look hard enough.[/quote]

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