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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If advanced academics are important to you  APS is not the best choice. [/quote]

Correct. If you're looking for teaching to the lowest common denominator type curriculum? APS is perfect.[/quote]

There’s no meaningful difference in college outcomes between these choices.  UVA admits about 10% of the class; their instas reflect one off HYP type admissions and a handful of T5-T10 depending on specific year.  Bottom line: you serve gaining an advantage by choosing one over the other in the ultimate next round admission and colleges don’t see meaningful differences in the caliber of student coming from Rhee places.   That being said, there are slight differences in pedagogy and school makeup and specific strengths (eg a really strong theater program or a really good lacrosse team).  If your child has specific strengths then maybe these would be important to you.  [/quote]

The top students at APS are there because of parents supplementing mostly. It’s not the curriculum.

As a current elementary my child is not the most advanced but is so idle in class because teacher is focused on the high need kids. It’s been a wasted year honestly. I wish they just had more recess rather than iPad time.   This is a NA school[/quote]

No the top students at APS are not just there because of supplementing. This is a naive comment by an elem parent who doesn't know what they don't know. Wait until your kid gets to high school to pass judgment like that.[/quote]I have kids older than elementary school. My experience is that APS isn't teaching math well in elementary and that can catch up with kids in middle and high school.  Kids who succeed later do so, not just because they're smart, but because they have a strong math base.  If there are gaps in elementary teaching, those are often filled by parents supplementing.[/quote]

Which elementary school? I had two kids go through the most advanced track (pre-algebra in 6th). We didn't supplement in elementary and both were prepared just fine. So maybe this is an issue with your kids' school and not systemic? Their school was sorely lacking in how they taught science. [/quote]

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