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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does Jackson Reed have such good outcomes if ninth and 10th grade are wasted there… What does that even mean[/quote]

Parents supplement a lot.  That’s what they don’t tell you.  A whole lot [/quote]

I don’t know who wrote this but it’s a huge generalization and not true for our family or any that I know at JR.  - parent of a academically successful JR kid[/quote]

Same, with two academically successful JR kids.

Honestly, who has the time? My kids both spend 10-15 hours a week doing ECs and a couple more doing volunteer work. A lot of their friends have jobs. I can’t figure out when all of this supplementing is happening….[/quote]

We don't supplement either, but our 9th grader has been proactive about throwing themselves into lots of clubs and sports as well as looking for things on their own (Khan academy, online course, extra books) to learn the material that they need to get.  If you child is unmotivated to learn, then I can see you having a problem depending on "your draw."

And by "your draw" I mean that for all of these schools (not just JR), some classes have really great teachers, some classes are missing teachers or have teachers on leave (hey, life happens), and some classes have teachers who are struggling more (they are new, their class management skills are not as strong, etc.).  Moreover, the pandemic just hit a lot of kids hard in terms of learning (and other things).  So at any school, your child is going to have a mix of experiences.  How they handle that is a growth experience.  But you want to try to take what you think you know about your child into account.  If they are already struggling, how much uncertainty do you want to subject them to?

In our case, I haven't been thrilled with JR, but I also recognize that our child is still thriving in part through their own initiative and in part because of the still-good environment that they are in and opportunities that they have access to.  And that developing that sort of initiative is probably worth more than anything the school could teach them formally.[/quote]

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