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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never posted to this forum before but I feel pretty strongly about this. I am late to this thread but your child will get a fine education at Key/Lee. I attended both of those schools and received a good education. The IB program challenged me immensely and I learned things through it that I didn't in college. IB is incredibly challenging but I honestly think it prepared me for college more than AP would have. My biggest gripe with IB is that colleges tend to give out less credit for it though but it seems like Lee is offering AP classes which will mitigate that.

Your child can get into and attend UVA/W&M/VA Tech from Lee. There are groups of motivated students at the school who attend these places and even more prestigious schools than UVA. Students from Lee thrive at Lee, attend college and graduate from college every year.

Honestly, the best part about Lee is the true diversity that you experience there. I was friends with people from different races, ethnicities and religions and it has positively impacted the way that I view the world today. I would never have wanted to attend a school like Langley or McLean with the utter lack of economic and racial diversity. I know this sentiment is incredibly unpopular on this board.

Also, it was my Lee education that allowed me to attend an amazing college, graduate in 4 years with less than 6k in debt so I think that attending Lee hasn't hurt me at all. [/quote]

McLean is about 10% low-income and 45% minority, and one of its feeders is a Title I elementary school in Falls Church. How does that translate into an “utter lack of economic and racial diversity”?  Perhaps IB didn’t teach you enough about fact-checking.[/quote]

McLean is less than 5% ESOL according to fcps and just under 10% free lunch. It is around 2,5% black and just under 12% hispanic (mostly English speaking, non ESOL students)

To compare McLean and its one title 1 feeder elementary school to Lee is kind of laughable.[/quote]

I wasn’t comparing it to Lee.  I was disputing PP’s assertion it is utterly lacking in racial or economic diversity.  [/quote]

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