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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]

Cohort matters. Teachers set the stage, but students bring a school to life. Teachers can't remove bad influences from the classroom.
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Yes, and there are strong, high-performing cohorts at all of the schools I mention above.[/quote]

Our kid goes to a ES that feeds into Einstein.  I'd say there are a constant handful of disruptive kids in his class, and about 1/3 of the class are English Language Learners.  For 4th and 5th grade if your kid is higher achieving, they can be selected for the Enriched Language Curriculum and Compacted Math so that they're in more classes with their "cohort."  However, if your kid is average or slightly above average, they may fall through the cracks/coast because the teacher is focused on the most needy kids.

Compared with an ES that feeds into a W where our friends live, it seemed like their teacher was more rigorous and expected a higher level of achievement from the class/  I don't know how many disruptive kids there were but I imagine they exist at W schools too.  There are definitely fewer english language learners. [/quote]
DP.. we don't live in a W cluster, but I would not choose a cluster that has > 30% FARMs rate and > 20% ESOL rate.  Teachers would have to spend too much time dealing with the large number of high needs kids.  Above average/average kids would get lost.[/quote]

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