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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a freshman here, whose other child graduated from J-R in the spring, so i do have bit of expertise here, and will address a couple of the issue raise above. J-R was more chaotic with more fights. It did not affect most kids--plenty take their AP classes and do well and can ignore the chaos and are better and more resilient for it. J-R was overenrolled. Macarthur is not. J-R also lets kids place themselves into AP classes. I was skeptical but it really is the way to do things in an urban public school.

The Macarthur admin is responsive and for the most part, the teachers are helpful and engaging. I have found it comparable to J-R in that regard so far.

I have found the worst part about Macarthur is the people in the neighborhood--they treat the kids like criminals. At a crowded bus stop, neighbors have yelled at kids to stop acting like animals and to stand on the sidewalk. Teenagers waiting for a bus will horse around no matter where they are. The drop off is a nightmare, but the neighbors are going to have to work with the school to figure this out--the school is only going to get bigger and more established with older kids who will be driving and having more independence and a foothold there. Right now, the racism/NIMBYism is a really bad look.[/quote]

Does MacArthur had the same self-placed AP policies? How does it make sense for kids to place themselves into an AP without the prerequisites, esp language and math? [/quote]

There are pre-requisites for language and math classes.  Self placement just means that kids don’t ALSO have to be recommended by teachers.  [/quote]

There are no recommendations from teachers.  There are no objective academic criteria needed for entry.
Kids are in these classes who should not be and it drags the classes down.
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