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Reply to "what is the big deal about Woodson?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child in 8th grade a Frost, so we're not at Woodson yet. I agree about the demographic - hardly any poor kids. The boundaries are quite strange, so a lot of kids from way out in Fairfax Station go to Woodson. It's almost as if the boundaries were drawn purposely to concentrate the wealth at Woodson as much as possible. From my observations, the only reason why Woodson gets all the hype is because of test scores -- which studies have shown are mostly correlated with family income and education, NOT with the quality of teaching. From what I hear about the teachers, there are some good ones and some horrible ones -- just like at any school. The homework load for kids on the competitive-college track is incredibly excessive. Many parents have complained to the principal about this, especially big homework projects assigned over vacation breaks, but I don't know if any changes have been made.[/quote]
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