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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have some friends whose kids go to Woodson. They've told me that the environment there is like a pressure cooker. [b]Because the school is known for its high test scores, it's ingrained in the culture that it is very important that it be maintained. [/b]Test scores are everything. [/quote]

That doesn't stand up to the logic test.  If that were true, then schools like Langley, McLean, Madison, Oakton and others in the DMV area would also have a lot of suicides... but as far as I know, they don't.  Something is going on.  I suspect that when it happens once, there is a sense that it's a possibility for other kids.  But, something needs to be done.  [/quote]

I don't know about Madison or Oakton, but in the years that my DCs have attended McLean- both McLean and Langley have had suicides nearly every year- some years more than one.   Some have not been covered by the media or even here on DCUM.    [/quote]

I hit submit too soon. I don't mean to make it a competition, but just to note that the "pressure cooker" theory could have merit.  My own theory is that the pressure cooker is really in the home and not as much in the school.  That mixed with mental illness is a recipe for it.  [/quote]

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