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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because mcps gets more bang for its buck with a larger school. They don't have to staff two schools, two sets of principals two sets of Building Services two sets of teachers, versus one larger staff. It's much cheaper.[/quote]

Larger schools also give GS students a larger set of offerings. A department of 6 FL teachers can’t offer as much as a department of 10. A small staff pretty much ensures limited levels of core classes and few electives, including AP courses.

Dear 1200 kid HS parent, do you find posting the course catalog so we can compare for ourselves?[/quote]

+1.  I have kids who go to a large high school and as a result have been able to take a lot of advanced classes and arts that wouldn't be offered at a smaller HS.  Same w/ foreign languages - not everyone wants to take Spanish. [/quote]

We traded big for small by moving out of the county. While the choices are limited, I'd rather have schools focus on skills. My HS daughter is graduating a year early and her foundation is strong.  There is no reassessing. Late work is penalized, and if you need help you seek out the teacher before you receive that bad grade.

In MCPS, she took Italian.  loved that class to death - but couldn't continue as it wasn't offered in the new school
So she took Latin instead and also loved it.

Smaller, imo, is better. [/quote]

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