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[quote=Anonymous]Our school system isn't what it was 10 years ago and it continues to grow worse and more over-crowded.  People live on 'the myth'.

The HS is getting way too big.  The teachers are over-worked.  They can't fill teachers in some of the spots so you have teachers with a STEM degree teaching honors English, etc.  You have one grade with 3 different lunch periods so it is conceivable to go to school with friends and never see them.  The 'teach to the test' is out of control and 'everyone must be doing great because look at those SOL scores'.  They can't write and forget about a teacher delving into a topic or getting kids 'to think', not just memorize.

Talk to people with current students.  Students currently Freshmen.  Don't listen to neighbors who had kids graduate 5 years ago, even 2 years ago.  Project what is coming down the pike if it's gotten this bad already imagine what it will be like when the 'bubble' (coming after the current 6th grade class) hits HS.  The County is woefully unprepared.  Smoke and mirrors with so many community surveys and out reach.

You can find the same level of diversity in many of the private HS that you would find at most of the HS in our county (2 out of 3).  Private does not have to equal elite.  You do not need to go to a 'big 3' or whatever people like to spout to avoid so many of the pitfalls happening and coming down the pike.  But, if you have the $ for HS and you have younger kids that haven't reached HS age yet, it's best to look at all of your options and really listen to what some of the Board members think will solve the 'elephant in the room'---like shift HS, online courses, etc. If getting all As is the only thing you care about, then it is probably fine.  But, if you care about the actual 'education' and the 'environment' it might not be the place for your kid.

I went to public all the through HS and my local public HS is very different than it is now.  There are many things they brush away or can't do in classes due to lack of resources and the curriculum for sols---in labs, in writing/grading essays, etc.  I started seeing and hearing about so many families in our neighborhood leaving the public system for private, especially for HS, just in the past couple of years.  So much so, I'm convinced this might be a plan to solve the looming population crisis---get a majority of the population to do private.[/quote]

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