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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want your kid to hold their own among a strong peer group in college, you pick a strong high school, not a Wakefield or Mount Vernon. [/quote] A valedictorian is better than a low rank at a big school. Being a smart kid in a good school system, but not strong individual school means getting more attention and smaller AP groups. Teachers are just as good--hired by APS/Fairfax. A poor school system is something else entirely. [/quote] A weak school in a generally strong system still has to worry about SOL scores and maintaining its accreditation, so the primary focus at those schools is on basic competency and graduation rates. A kid who is brilliant may stand out there, but the average and above average end up under-performing relative to how they'd have done at the schools that have to try and get a large number of kids just to show up and pass.[/quote]
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