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Reply to "I grew up hearing that the NoVA public schools were the best in the state"
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[quote=Anonymous]Meh. There are some good public high schools in NOVA, and some not good public high schools in NoVA. It doesn't matter what state or part of the country you are in - high schools in wealthy areas are good (if we define good by objective outcomes like test scores and college preparedness) and "goodness" decreases as socioeconomic status of students decrease. As such, FFX has a high percent of students - especially in certain schools - who come from wealthy backgrounds and thus perform strongly. That's all there is to it. People who think there is something inherently special about FCPS curriculum, teachers, etc. compared to the rest of the state/country are deluding themselves. I hear all the time that "the bad public FCPS high schools would be considered good in a lot of the rest of the country!!!!" and objectively, that is just not true. [/quote]
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