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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SSSAS appears to be a very lower middle tier private.  It’s academically worse than the good MoCo, FCPS, N Arlington schools, meaning it’s not tempting to many many families.  Of course, there are kids with LDs, etc, who may need a different environment or families who crave religiosity.  But they are the minority.  And also let’s all acknowledge that the facilities are terrible.  The nice publics around here are better than the old cinderblock hallways.    Bullis/Landon/HA would at first blush appear to be sortof in the same tier and academically competitive but for whatever reason they have pulled ahead of SSSAS.  It’s unclear to me why exactly that has happened but I suspect it’s likely management/endowment.   Finally, it’s not priced at catholic school level and so you’ve got a big price tag for what?  [/quote]

Lots of inaccuracies here.  I suspect this person doesn’t have a child at SSSAS. 
Look at the comparative curriculum choices at a place like O’Connell or Bullis and then look at SSSAS.  
While those two schools have their strong points for sure, a challenging academic curriculum isn’t one of them. If you have an academically talented student, look closely at the course offerings for 10-12th grade. You will see that SSSAS offerings are far more robust. And the classes are small and the faculty is passionate and devoted - this is one of the real areas of strength for SSSAS.  [/quote]

I would hope that SSSAS has smaller classes than O'Connell- it costs more than twice as much [/quote]

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