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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good morning OP.  The answer to your question is NO.  There are plenty of wonderful schools and communities outside of the W’s.  There are plenty of engaged families whose kid are thriving and going on to be successful who go to schools outside of the W’s.  There are plenty of highly capable teachers outside of the W’s.

The zones outside the W’s are more diverse both racially and socioeconomically.  That’s it.  [/quote]

Children of affluent educated people perform well and that's why the perception is that the W schools are the "best."  OP, the fact is that your children will do as well at Richard Montgomery or Quince Orchard (or Blair or Einstein) as they would at Whitman or Wooton.[/quote]

This is only partially true. When the majority of the student body performs at a lower level the teachers and administrators supports and expectations follow. The same is true when the majority of the student body is higher achieving. The PTA matters, too.  I can not enumerate the extras provided by a strong PTA.[b] Our W provides college prep seminars for both parents and students on a regular basis. Paid college advisors are clamoring to hold free sessions at our school because they understand that enough of our parents will follow up with paid services. [/b]You will not get that in the poorly perfor.ing schools. Furthermore,  our strong parental presence keeps pressure on administrators to retain teachers who go above and beyond in the classroom.

Those who would have you believe it is as simple as what happens at home must be unaware of what they are missing.[/quote]
We have that at RM, too.[/quote]

These happen at other HS’s in the county as well.  Not sure why W folks thinks these are happening solely for them.  Heck there are ones going on during the summer.[/quote]

Parents like to justify their choices. W parents need to justify the massive premium they paid for their houses. Non W parents need to justify choosing lower ranked schools for their kids to save money.[/quote]

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