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[quote=Anonymous]If it was just a matter of perception and not reality on the ground, then why would there be kids willing to leave after spending one year there, in class, on the ground?  It's only a two-year school.

And while I'm sure there are differences in applying the regulations on what must be reported for safe/secure numbers, isn't it a little too convenient to say that the principal at Jackson is the ONLY one in fcps who actually complies and everyone else is fudging the books?  Really?  Even the PP who works there reported that pretty much all of the disciplinary situations are in the base-school part.

Seems like most of the Jackson supporters are parents of AAP kids -- kids/parents who may have experience with one subset in the school.  Also, I don't think it is "racist" to note that as an objective comparison, LJMS has more kids who are economically disadvantages and more kids who are english learners (coming from recent immigrant families) than many other schools.  It is what it is.  Just because another parent would prefer that their child go to a school where there are fewer struggling/challenged students, doesn't make them "racist."   It's reasonable to want your child in a school that has more high-performing peers (especially if your child is not in the AAP crowd anyway).

I don't think anyone has ever said that you cannot get a good education there.   But, there will always be concerns about the peer group and whether (on the whole) it will add to your child's day to day experience or take away from it (based on behavior incidents and academic preparation/motivation).  The peer groups in gen. ed vs. the peer groups in the AAP part, are by definition different.

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