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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in a county where some say "the schools are fine" or "the are better than DCPS." I know two students who within the past three years attended our local public school. Both graduated the same year with high honors and a variety of recognition awards in various subjects including Math, English, etc. They each went to separate colleges. One went to a state University and the other went to a small private university in another state. The one who went to a state University was told, after taking some exam to determine the level of courses they would take, that he would have to attend a summer english program to rehabilitate his English coursework and take ALL remedial classes in his first semester. None of that coursework counts towards his Bachelor's degree. The second student failed one class, got 2 D's and a C minus in her first semester, and not because she was partying and skipping class. The student got tutors, went to her professors, etc. but she was so under prepared that they finally recommended she withdraw and enroll in a community college, take some remedial coursework and reapply to re-enroll. The young lady is devestated, depressed and has not enrolled in community college for this semester. Both parents are completely shocked becasue as far as they knew their kids were bright children who were doing well in school and earning ALL A's. They never had a reason to suspect otherwise. Their test scores, as far as I know, didn't show any signs of concerns either.

After hearing this I decided there was no way I would be sending my children to public school as long as we lived in this county. We explored moving but the market sucks and for now it's not a real option. Am I crazy to be completely disgusted with the public schools? I've been told - even after sharing this two recent examples - I'm overreacting and the schools are just fine and most kids who graduate from these schools do fine and get accepted into colleges. Needless to say I am beginning to question what people think "just fine" is. I think is irresponsible to knowingly send kids to college unprepared and I refuse to put my children through that. What am I missing? How could the local school possibly be "just fine?"[/quote]

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