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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]07:57: the fact that I was disappointed in your post is relevant to me. I am still considering acps, and so I am considering arguments from both sides of the issue. Although you may have brought up some valid points (list of colleges may reflect only five students), I find it hard to trust your entire line of reasoning because it's mean spirited and presumptuous. No one is saying that tc is not complicated. [/quote]

It's neither mean-spirited or presumptuous since, well, I have experienced the system. I acknowledge some kids can get a great education at TC and excel and even get into great colleges. But as you consider ACPS, you need to know the caveats there: 1) This is not the norm; and 2) To accomplish this, you have to sort of self-segregate within the school, and there's no real actual "diversity" within that bubble  -- there's a reason why TC has the nickname "Yale of Jail." This is a problem ACPS has from early on, with underrepresentation of minorities in the TAG program, and it carries over into MS and HS. You can see how the administration has attempted to deal with it -- adopting the IB program, open enrollment honors in the middle school. But there's no real indication that it is working (and, in fact, the administration does tend to take a "throw it at the wall and see what sticks" approach to policy-making, often blindsiding and alienating parents in the process.

You're confusing "mean-spirited and presumptuous" with "bitter and disappointed." And that tends to describe the majority of parents in ACPS, the happy talk here notwithstanding.[/quote]

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