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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What specifically about GW is causing you to look at houses in FFX?  Specifically....not generalized comments like it is a trend, everyone is, no way will we go there.[/quote]

I am not the poster moving to FFX cty but here are some things:

The FARMS rate is high enough to tip the scales to the point where research indicates that it will have a negative effect.  Recent education research indicates that the achievement gap can not be overcome easily, if at all, when income disparities account for the gap.  Despite this, the schools continue to believe that they can and will close gap (they won't) and they continue to funnel almost all available resources and efforts towards the very bottom performing students. This means that students performing in the average ranges (slight below, at, or just above) are basically ignored since they are passing the test. There is no effort or sense of striving to achieve more.  As long as you get by with a C everything is ok. For me, this is not the kind of message that I want to send my child.

The curriculum is not very challenging. It is geared toward slightly below the average ability.  If you get a teacher who teaches even lower than that, your child gets even less out of the class. Honors classes are available but are open to everyone and students who do not do well are not removed.  This negates the experience of an honors class.

[b]Last year, 8% of eight graders passed Math.[/b]

Behavior incidents reported by the school are high.

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I'm one of the bigger ACPS bashers here, but this 8% passing math thing is highly misleading since the school pushed more into algebra, where the pass rates are considerably higher.[/quote]

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