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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here..

WOW I was not expecting so many replies.  I was able to see both the pros and cons by reading your replies...thanks!

I can see how being in a high FARMS school can effect students negatively in the lower grades but how about in the upper grades...high school for instance? In high school students at a high FARMS school can take more AP and honors courses.  I would assume most of the kids taking AP classes are serious students who are looking forward to going to college.  Wouldnt this give them a better classroom environment? How would such a school impact these students negatively?

I am looking to take my DC out of their base school (which is a high performing school) and into a low performing high school for the purpose of being around a more diverse group of people.  Im afraid that DC will stick out like a sore thumb at their base school and might not be able to find a way to fit in.  [/quote]

I'm not sure I understand your plan, OP. In HS, the students self-segregate, as someone upthread said, a school within a school. So if you want to move from a high performing school to a low performing school purely as a social experiment, it won't work.[/quote] I want DC to feel comfortable. DC feels different from everyone else. No doubt DC would be able to find a social group at the high performing school but that won't take away from DC feeling different from everyone else. [/quote]

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