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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in New England and went to a small, well-regarded public high school and was nervous about sending my kids to a giant high school like W-L. But both my kids had great experiences there and both have been successful in college, so apparently their executive function skills did not suffer neglect.

There may be less personal attention, but the idea that a small high school would be better at differentiating is completely ass-backward. At a big high school, there are far more class offerings, generally a wider range of levels available in math and language, and there are dozens and dozens of clubs, so it can be easier for a kid to find their people. My brother's kids went through a small highly rated public in[/quote]

Not differentiation, per se, but that the teacher is aware of what you needs are because they have smaller classes (almost 10 less students per class ,so that's like 50 less students she's responsible for).[/quote]

My kids at W-L had very few classes with 30 kids in them. Some classes were smaller than any class I had at my high school with an enrollment of 600.

There are definitely benefits to small high schools. But it's not all good. And large high schools are better in some respects. [/quote]

Agree. My kids at W-L never had classes with 30 kids in them. Class sizes varied from 12-24 at most. [/quote]

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