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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because FHS accepts widely resulting in a large range of academic abilities. This makes it very similar to a public school. Other schools in the area cater to kids who excel academically which makes them more "elite".

Take that for what you will. We applied to FHS. I then realized that it was very similar to our local public and figured that I'd save the money. [/quote]

This is it. [b]As a result, teachers must cater to a less academically minded students. Those who work hard to do well and go above and beyond get left behind and, as in many such environments, left to fend for themselves if they want something beyond the basics. [/b]This is available at the local well-rated public schools and is not worth the extremely high tuition.[/quote]

I have had kids at a strong local public and FH US and this just isn't true. Just like every school, classes are leveled. My hardworking honors/AP student is not being "left behind" because some of his friends go to the learning center and take regular classes. They are just apples and oranges in the same fruit bowl.

Outside of the class sizes, the language arts instruction is far superior to public school and my kids can play sports starting in MS which isn't an option in public because the teams are limited in size and the schools are huge. It's also closer to our home so we have that going for us too. IMO it isn't any different than SSSAS, St. Andrews, or Bullis but is certainly only a step up from BASIS on the DCUM hate scale.  [/quote]

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