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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I'm sorry.  You want what's best for your child and feel like you're not getting it.  That is SO frustrating.  FWIW I think a lot of people have a less than "ideal" HS experience.  What is ideal anyway?  I had over 600 in my graduating class.  I met with my HS counselor once.  They asked where i was applying to college.  I told them the list.  They said ok, do you have any questions.  I didn't, and that was it.  Nobody at the HS looked out for me.  Luckily I was the kind of kid who took AP classes and worked hard. I was in a few clubs because I'd seen too many 80s movies about HS and they gave me the impression that you were supposed to be in clubs in HS, so I did.  They were all fairly unremarkable.  If my parents had been involved and been able to guide me that would have been helpful. So, if you don't think your kid is getting the guidance from school I think they can still get it if you step in.  The same may be true of extracurriculars.  Sports outside of school.  Art/dance/theater/service groups outside of school.  Good luck.  You're a great parent to be looking out for your kid like you are.[/quote]

NP but this is a good way to look at things.  But I get it, OP.  That high school is just huge.  By the time my kids get there, we will have moved or chosen private.  There are good and bad things about living in an urban area and (IMHO) one of the bad things are overcrowded schools.  This is just one of the trade offs people make to live in Arlington.  I’m far from educated about all of the other area school districts, but it’s my understanding a lot of the area schools have crowding to some degree, such as the Alexandria HS mentioned earlier in this thread.[/quote]

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