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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are still young so maybe my tune will change. But both DH and I went to large high schools - mine was medium-large (I graduated with 350ish but that was on the small side) and his was huge (500+). My HS was a 9 or 10 on Greatschools and his is now a 2 but probably would have been a 4 or 5 when he went there. With a big school you have SO many opportunities. If your kid doesn't necessarily excel in academics, at a big school you'll have more choices for art, music, drama, or various niche classes like speech/debate or graphic design, etc.

I honestly think any HS that offers honors and AP classes and a large variety of classes in general is going to be fine for the vast majority of students. I'm less sure about IB - it seems less flexible. But then again, the smartest person I know graduated from an IB high school. The kids who really struggled in college always seemed to be the kids who graduated from Podunk Country High School with 75 kids in a grade and no AP and only one or two honors classes. Or my friends who went to a small but overall very wealthy Christian school but were talented artists but the school had next to no art program, so their talents were basically wasted.

We're currently zoned for a 5 elementary and a 7 HS and are fine with it. We'd actually like to move in bounds for Hayfield because some of the neighborhoods are nice and convenient. [/quote]

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