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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I was a lower SES kid so that is not the issue, and I came from a poor performing school so I know there are groups of dedicated students everywhere. What has really struck home for me though is our neighbor, who is an aide at Hayfield SS, has said she will not send her own child there. I have not dug deeper, but I would generally trust her judgment.

That being said I have not heard much about West Springfield besides their Great Schools rating, and I don't necessarily think it would be worth it to sell anyway. Thank you for the information on Bishop Ireton. I think I will try to find out more on St. Stephen's and Agnes too. [/quote]

Sometimes digger deeper will confirm this is more about the neighbor than the school.

We had neighbors who said on several occasions they would never send their kids to Marshall HS.  At some point, they acknowledged that it was because they didn't like "the looks" of the largely Hispanic and black students who walk to the school from the apartments behind the school.  That explained their perspective, but said more about them than GCM.

To be fair to your neighbor, though, what a school aide sees (in terms of kids who are tardy, in trouble, or needing medical attention) may not be representative of the experience that other students would have.  [/quote]

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