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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was told by a school employee that in recent years Maret has implemented a separate and less accelerated academic track, and that the recent spate of recruits for football/basketball/baseball were often in this less accelerated academic track.

Is it accurate about the new(ish) and less accelerated track for students with more academic challenges?[/quote]

Yes.  The big-time sports recruits are in the slower-paced classes that are a relatively new development.  Maret has definitely compromised their academic program to land and keep these athletes.  They are also getting over-age kids -- they couldn't play in the DC city basketball tournament last year because they had players over the DC age limit.  But this is all for boys' sports -- they don't care about success in girls' athletics.[/quote]

Exactly!!  It makes me queasy.[/quote]

Slower paced classes were created for siblings of very bright students so that big donor families would not pull out of the school so that all siblings could go to the same school. Many schools are providing a variety of level of classes, especially since many AP English and History students are not necessarily AP Chemistry kids and vise versa.

It make me queasy that people still believe that athletes are stupid and parents care about the education of kids that are not in their immediate family.
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