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[quote=Anonymous]One more thing -- take the scores with a spoonful of salt. SOL scores start in 3rd grade, at the same time with the AAP program segregation. This means that schools without the program see a brain-drain, which certainly affects their scores, while schools with the program will see an inflation of scores, unrelated to the actual achievement of the GE neighborhood population outside that program. (AAP is Advanced Academics Program -- kids are selected n 2nd grade and start in 3rd. Tests and teacher recommendations get kids in, which is why it's important to have a teacher open to the idea of a minority child doing well.).

With that in mind, you may also want to consider Lemon Road, in McLean/Pimmit hill, which has a strong diversity (used to have a strong ESOL program) and now that is hosts an AAP program, the scores on GreatSchools jumped from 6-7 t 10. Some of it is the new kids coming in, but I also heard good things about the school before the AAP program started.[/quote]

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