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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I moved my family to a GS 8 school and absolutely crossed off all the GS 5 and lower schools. The decision wasn't completely rational and is the result of my own experience at bad schools. I came out of these cesspit schools with not even the option of AP/IB or a language other than French/Spanish but I could probably naturally survive a prison sentence if it came to that. My mind just can't accept that the lower rated schools around here are large enough to actually have decent programs where any motivated child can succeed.[/quote]

OP here. I agree with the first part of this post. I went to a GS 4 with no AP's and have no desire to put my kid through that particular sort of ringer socially. On the second part of this post though, the lower rated schools do have a s*load of programs. Hayfield for example has a ton of AP's, offer multivariable calculus, Japanese and Arabic. You really do get a ton of resources just by virtue of being in FCPS.[/quote]

It's great to have the options, but then you need to look at the actual results.  If you compare Hayfield to Lake Braddock, the AP participation rate is about 8% lower, and the pass rate for the smaller percentage of students taking AP classes is 15% lower.  Which school do you really think has the stronger peer group?[/quote]

Again, this isn't a comparison that shows which peer groups are *stronger.* It's a comparison that shows which peer groups are *bigger.* And the question to ask is, how big is big enough?[/quote]

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