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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Madison lists academic achievement as #1 and then goes on to discuss SBG. This is the worst thing about this school. Athletics should have been #1.[/quote]

We were very happy with Madison's academics and how they prepared our DC for success at a T20 college. But it's odd Academics are ranked #1 when it's obvious that sports are what the school truly celebrates. Madison is horrible at celebrating academic achievements of students - there is a very ill-planned academic awards ceremony once a year that is almost like a secret and student names and awards are not shared anywhere outside the ceremony. Considering about 8 kids per year go on to play their sport beyond high school, it's puzzling how much focus the sports program gets. And before you claim sour grapes - DC was a varsity athlete and academically accomplished, so this is something they saw from both sides.[/quote]

I'd ask when your kid started college.  I've got a current college senior, and a senior at Madison.  My college kid was FAR better prepared, academically.  Unless your kid is a freshman, maybe even a sophomore, in college, IMO the education they got in HS is not the same as what kids are getting now.

I don't have any complaints about how the school celebrates academic or athletic success (although I think SBG makes "success" a relative concept, but that's not the point here), and I too am the parent of a varsity athlete with academic accomplishments.  Academics are far more prioritized compared to athletics now than they were pre-Greg Hood, that's for sure.  In any case I am very glad to be done with Madison and FCPS at the end of this year.

To get back to the OP...I read a few of these lists and find the whole exercise ridiculous.  They're all over the place content wise and tell me nothing useful.[/quote]

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