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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.[/quote]

No.  It is a valid question.  Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools.  They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.[/quote]

Yeah, God forbid more poor kids have the opportunity to take language or math classes at the wealthier schools that their schools don't offer.  
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DP.  What classes are offered at "wealthier" schools that are not offered at other schools?  Be specific.[/quote]you have to look school to school. Classes have to have a minimum  number of students to sign up to be able to have them.  As a result, in schools where there are a higher % of students taking multiple APs, there will be more offered and more classes of each. When you have more classes of each, it makes it much easier to schedule.  Same with language classes, if you have more students taking them, the school can support a variety of languages to offer.  Size matter too, the larger schools have an advantage too.

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I'm the PP to whom your are responding.  I intended it as a rhetorical question because I already knew the answer.  You are correct.  I did some research--for example, comparing Langley to Herndon.  Little difference except for languages offered.   Even Chantilly, which is much, much larger than either of those does not offer more language classes.

I did not check all schools, but, since it seems to be mentioned so much on this forum, I did do a comparison of Langley/Herndon.  Now, there may be more sessions of the classes offered, but the offerings seem similar.[/quote] Keep in mind, they may say a certain class is "offered" but if only 15 students sign up, it will not happen that year.  [/quote]

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