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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I had to raise kids on here, totally would go with local schools, get involved more, get kids involved in activities more, get tutoring where needed, find high school internships in the area, get good summer programs. They'll have low stress schooling and shine much brighter for college admissions, compared to high achieving applicants looking pale in their competitive stress filled suburban backdrop. [/quote]

All the things above you listed above is exhausting to do in and out of school.

And if your goal is to send your kid to poorly performing schools to get into a good college, then it’s obvious your priorities are not similar to ours.  Also with this mindset, your kid can sink or swim, with many more sinking.

We want our high achieving kid to reach his full potential and get a good education 6-12th to be prepared for college.  Our goal is a good education that can be provided by his school and not have to supplement extensively outside of school with academics or extracurriculars. We don’t need him to go to the Ivies either. I went to a state school and turned out more than fine.

Also DS, like the majority of kids, are not fully internally driven.  He performs much, much better with a high performing peer group, and it is the high expectations of both the teachers and high achieving peer group that will motivate him to perform to his full potential.  It is definitely not some easy curriculum that will let him just coast along.[/quote]

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