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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]

I am one of at least several people who has posted about prior private school experiences vs. ACPS.  We've found ACPS significantly better -- better academically, better socially, better in terms of institutional responsiveness, and better overall as a developmental experience -- than two local privates, one of which is highly ranked.  As part of a move we made several years ago to ACPS, we looked at TC college placement.  It's not just five kids.  It's much, much more than five kids.  In terms of admissions to what many people would call the top-100 private colleges and universities and the top three dozen or so public universities, it's a majority of the AP/IB and remaining selective-placement and higher-demand programs at TC.  And there are many, many more than that who enroll in good but not top 50/100 colleges (Mary Washington, James Madison, VCU, etc).  We've looked -- carefully and thoroughly -- at exactly this issue.  What 07:57 posted was obviously calculated to insult and inflame.  Maybe 07:57 had a bad experience; maybe 07:57 was a problem parent or had unrealistic expectations.  Does TC also have kids who don't do well?  You bet, although the record has been improving over the last few years.  Are some of the kids impoverished?  Yup.  Are there kids who enroll at TC from elsewhere with insufficient English language skills?  There are indeed.  Are there a typical slice of below-average High School slacker kids?  Yes.  It's a diverse, urban high school.  That's actually one of the social strengths.  Please call the TC office and take a tour.  You'll be impressed.  Almost anyone would be, except for people who have already decided not to consider TC in a reasonable light.  
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