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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Given those areas, yes, I can believe that. But having grown up in this area, I also know that many of the homeowners there have been there for years, that the locale is mostly made up of lower middle class families non-professional families (Rose Hill) who would not consider moving for schools because they aren't as vested in them in the way a parent or family who is expecting their child to go to college and an ivy league or very well known college is. [/quote]

You really think going to a 'low ranked' FCPS high school will negatively impact a child's chances of going to college, an ivy league or very well known college?  That going to a high ranked one will improve their chances?  Feel free to move then.  Like the PP, I'd much rather my kids go to school with kids whose family have more sense and a good work ethic.  I'm also fine with them participating in AP/IB classes where not all kid will pass the exams.  Research has been pretty clear that test scores grades are poor predictors of future academic success.  The best predictors are opportunities for academic challenge.  Despite all the howling on DCUMs, I've not seen any research indicating kids are negatively impacted by lower achieving classmates in the AP/IB classes.  [/quote]

Again, in that area, there are a lot of families where graduating high school is the end of schooling and they are not concerned with college or if they are, they are thinking NOVA.  A PP is correct, a lot of immigrant families and for them graduating high school is a big deal, especially when you come from a country where finishing elementary school may not be the norm. I am knocking these families but I am pointing out there is marked difference in attitude towards education when you see the end game as a high school diploma vs. a master's degree.[/quote]

Oh BS. I would grant there's a big difference in parental involvement in the school but not attitude towards education.  These immigrant families know very well education is their kids' ticket to the American dream.  They may not know how they're going to pay for college or how to get there kid into college but that's not the same as they don't value education the same way.  And, what's the crack about NOVA?  Do you know there's an increasing trend of students going to community college to get the pre-requisites done and then transferring to a bigger name school?  They still get the vaunted UVA degree at a significantly less cost.  More people are realizing that incurring huge debt to graduate from some of these big name schools isn't paying off.  The marketplace just doesn’t value degrees from those ‘top tier’ schools as much as the alumni do.  
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