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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been so impressed with ACPS for my daughter.  Wonderful parents teachers and programs.  She could go anywhere for HS and she wants to attend TC.  There is no doubt in my mind that she will have many choices for college.  The kids in our neighborhood all went to top notch schools and quite a few with other choices transferred to TC from private.  Know your kid and you will know if this is the right place for you.[/quote]

You laid it on too thick, ACPS employee. Are you the one sock-puppetting GS, too?[/quote]

And are you the same person who screams "booster" every time some deigns to say something positive? Here's a life lesson: someone making a different decision and having a different experience than you does not invalidate your decision.[/quote]

I noticed you didn't answer the question. The tone of your post is identical to the ones posted recently to GS.

How's about you identify three or four challenges in ACPS and TC in particular? [/quote]

I didn't answer the question, because I'm not the person who said I'm impressed with ACPS. I don't have a kid in the system. I am, however, interested in hearing people's opinions, positive and negative. And here's what I'd like to hear: I had an unfavorable experience, and here's why. I had a favorable experience, and here's why. But hardly anyone does this. It's just, "We moved to Arlington because ACPS sucks [no reason given]." Clearly, a lot of people move before trying the schools because they're afraid and would rather be safe than sorry, and I'm not saying I blame them. But at least be honest. We left because we were afraid our child wouldn't get a quality education based on test scores, "Yale or Jail" rhymes, etc. Fine. That's fair. But to just say TC is terrible, sucks, etc. is useless to those of us who are trying to understand the school's problems better. That's why it irritates me when "boosters" are immediately shot down and mocked--because a lot of times those are the only people who have actual experience with the curriculum, teachers, etc.[/quote]

I once described my child's ACPS classroom experience and was called a racist. So, you can probably understand why some people are reluctant to provide actual details.[/quote]

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