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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, do you know which neighborhood OP is looking to move into? Can you speak for all of FX County?

I'm curious if OP will move to some schools rated as 1-5 on great schools, or is she looking to move to a neighborhood with school ratings more comparable to FCC. Maybe, since OP loves diversity so much she should move her kids to some school where 90% of the students don't speak English. That will provide her true diversity, and a chance to do a lot of good.

PP, also, if your kids are in HS, that means that they would have been part of the old program which was truly GT, and not expanded like today's program. And what's your school rating? From the way you speak, I bet it is 8-10.[/quote]

I am the PP you are referring to. My kids are indeed in high school but they were not part of the old GT program; it was AAP with all the associated craziness, with pools and work samples and decisions on whether to stay at base schools or leave. I remember it all too well.

My kids go to a high school than many DCUM posters look down on. We were often asked if we'd be moving before they entered high school so they could go to to a better school. We were then told it was okay if we didn't want to move because we could pupil place to a better school with AP instead of IB. All of those conversations happened more than once. I learned to ignore all of it. The school is fabulous. My kids are happy and smart. The community is great.

I just want to assure the OP that the sense of elitism and separation disappear after the elementary school years, and dramatically so after the obsessed families leave the school. My kids could not today tell you which of their peers came up through the AAP system and which did not. And in conversations with fellow parents, it literally never, ever comes up. Ever.

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