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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Marshall Parents - The next time you ask why people inexplicably seem to dump on Marshall, please refer to the prior post.  You have a very good school, but you also have several parents like Crazy Marshall Lady who are horrible ambassadors for the place.  As long as they make asinine comparisons, treat the US News survey like it's dispositive, and hype Pimmit Hills like it's Clarendon, they are asking for trouble.

And, of course, it goes without saying that many of the schools in North Arlington are great.  All the prior poster was saying was that the Marshall pyramid doesn't have the name recognition yet of the North Arlington pyramids, and he/she is correct.  The antidote is to spread the good news (based on valid data, of course) about Marshall, not respond with more insults. 
  
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arlington snob[/quote]

I prefer realist, but thanks for proving my point.      [/quote]

I was rather put off by your down playing of schools outside of north arlington, granted you may not be as direct as the marshall pushers you are transparently snarky and passive which can be seen by anyone. So who's worse? someone who will be direct or someone who does it in secret?[/quote]

I'm not the North Arlington poster.  The North Arlington poster referred to North Arlington schools, in the context of discussing which school pyramids are typically more sought-after locally, and I referred to her/his post.  I don't think it's passive to try and stay on topic, and substantively I agreed with what the North Arlington poster said about local perceptions.  From a RE/selling perspective, it takes a very long time before improving school pyramids like Marshall generate enough positive buzz that people specifically seek them out or tout that a house is located in that pyramid.  Marshall is moving in that direction, but it takes time, and things like references to schools in RE listings are a lagging indicator of school quality and reputation.

If you want to discuss other schools or raise a different point, speak freely.  No one is stopping you.

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After reviewing the test scores I believe that Marshall exceeds those of Arlington for the most part. It is also interesting to see that Marshall has a slightly higher FARM rate and diversity than Arlington's best high school Yorktown yet still has better test scores. The idea of stripping away the lower performers from both schools to "level the playing fields" would still show Marshall as a higher scorer in fact maybe even higher because it has a larger population of disadvantage students. I think that educating the public on the realities of each school is the best weapon to improve  it's the reputation. No one is saying Marshall is the best high school in the world, just that it is on par and better than most Arlington school pyramids and is in fact the best comparative to Arlington schools because of it's higher population of disadvantaged students.

http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/falls-church/543-Marshall-High-School/?tab=test-scores

http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/135-Yorktown-High-School/?tab=test-scores

http://www.greatschools.org/virginia/arlington/133-Washington-Lee-High-School/?tab=test-scores[/quote]

What does FARM stand for? Thanks in advance.[/quote]

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