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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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]

[b]If you have data that compares the number of students that are now in jail after graduating from these schools, I would be interested in seeing it. In fact, this would be interesting to look at across the county.

Yes, studies do show that student athletes have better grades. I assure you there are uninvolved and “lost” students at every school.

As for your last point, you may be interested in this program. http://www.fcps.edu/dis/OMSI/avid/index.htm[/b][/quote]

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