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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have some friends whose kids go to Woodson. They've told me that the environment there is like a pressure cooker. [b]Because the school is known for its high test scores, it's ingrained in the culture that it is very important that it be maintained. [/b]Test scores are everything. [/quote]

That doesn't stand up to the logic test.  If that were true, then schools like Langley, McLean, Madison, Oakton and others in the DMV area would also have a lot of suicides... but as far as I know, they don't.  Something is going on.  I suspect that when it happens once, there is a sense that it's a possibility for other kids.  But, something needs to be done.  [/quote]

I don't know about Madison or Oakton, but in the years that my DCs have attended McLean- both McLean and Langley have had suicides nearly every year- some years more than one.   [b]Some have not been covered by the media or even here on DCUM.  [/b]  [/quote]

That is the correct way to handle suicides in schools. Covering suicides in the media normalizes them, to some extent. [/quote]

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