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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are hilarious. I grew up in Tysons, graduated from McLean, and currently coach at Falls Church and do not think it is "ghetto." Are many students on reduced or free lunch? Yes. Are most of the students white? No. I am guessing those are the criteria you are using to label it as such. Sad. I would be happy to show you around sometime and introduce you to a lot of hardworking students. Also, the idea of "Yale or Jail" is just silly because there is no reason it has to be one or another...I have coached kids that have gone on to UVA, William and Mary, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, JMU, University of Richmond, and the list goes on. [/quote]

I'd wager that more kids graduating from FCHS go to jail than kids graduating from Madison, Oakton, or McLean (as a percentage of the student body.)

Also, if you coach, you are, by definition, dealing with the more successful kids at that HS, especially if you're coaching a sport like field hockey, lacrosse, etc.

If you're coaching football, basketball, soccer, or a sport that is more likely to attract non-upper middle class students, then you have a broader perspective.

"Yale or jail" is shorthand for a type of public middle/high school in more downscale areas, where if you're in the honors/AP track, you'll be fine and largely isolated from the rest of the school -- which is heavily ESOL and heavily free/reduced lunch.

Administrative focus outside the honors/AP track will be on the needs of at-risk/ESOL/FRL students, and not the average/slightly above-average student who's otherwise not at risk. I won't go into whether there'll be gangs, etc., putting your kid at risk, but even if the vatos leave your kid alone (they're probably more a risk for kids who are Hispanic and not in gangs), he/she will have a harder time fitting in. [/quote]

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