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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one recent graduate and one high schooler.  We also vaguely considered private school as the oldest was entering kindergarten but decided to give ACPS a try - and have not regretted our decision.  I agree with the other ACPS parent that safety issues are exaggerated - my kids have never felt unsafe in school.  And while they have suffered through some bad teachers, they have also learned from some truly amazing and dedicated teachers.  My college student - now at an ivy league school - does not feel academically unprepared or inferior to the kids who went private.  Also, the ACHS experience - going to school with kids from extremely different backgrounds and life experiences - is not to be underestimated in terms of preparing you for the real world.[/quote]

This is laughable.  Truly.  ACHS is incredibly self-segregated.  Higher-income kids self select into the academies and do not know probably even see 95 percent of their classmates.  It’s a giant school.

It’s hard to engage in school-based extracurriculars because the school is so huge.  Kids usually do something outside of school.  Middle school is particularly bad but it’s not great anywhere.  But the middle school offers a lot less than neighboring public districts outside of basics.

I think kids from an involved family with a lot of outside supplementation can do fine.[/quote]

Kids self segregate in elementary after kindergarten regardless of the removed opportunities that have been given to all children in the name of "equity". ACPS places all elementary school children in the same inclusive classrooms, but that doesn't mean the children will become friends when they come from vastly different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. This self segregation still happens all the while it is now impossible for demonstrated advanced students to get AAS services regardless of need while a concurrent "Young Scholars" program allows student of color to receive AAS without proof of need. Afterschool enrichment is also not allowed in some elementaries in the name of "equity ". This school district is a mess.[/quote]

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