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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here... I understand what they are saying in terms of peers, but numbers don't lie. Having stated that, however, there is something to be said about the whole school experience.  I'm a PP who stated that I wouldn't want my child going to a very high FARMS school or a very low FARMs school because I think both have their own issues. Yes I know that all schools have issues, but I'm speaking about issues particular to SES.

From an SAT score perspective, it doesn't seem to matter that much what HS the kid goes to, but [b]having peers who value education is important[/b]. Yes, I do know that non W schools have kids and families who value education.  We live in a non W cluster.

I think the Bethesda parents would argue that most of the kids in those schools (or at least the parents) value education.  It's having that critical mass of a larger student population who share that value.  But, those schools also have other issues that I would rather not deal with, namely all the issues that comes with exposure to too much wealth.

We all pick and choose what's most important for our kid's education.[/quote]
I strongly agree that having peers who value education is important. Peers can pull you up or they can drag you down. Statistically ~20% FARMS is where the rest of the class pulls up the FARMS students.[/quote]

Have you ever looked at the worksheet to qualify for FARMs? It doesn't ask you whether you (or your children) value education. It only asks you what your household income is and how many people are in your household.

If you're using household income to measure how much a child values education -- well, don't do that.[/quote]

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