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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious why APS would try to make Arlington Tech into a Blair/TJ type of school with a rigorous STEM focus with high performing kids?[/quote]

If it were a true magnet school for high performing kids, I'm not sure they could even seat 50 kids per graduating class in Arlington. The terrible curriculum in ES and MS have caused so many parents to move to another county or go private. I'd be surprised if there were even a handful of high performing kids per grade per high school class. They'd need to hope word of mouth would cause some parents with young, really smart kids to flock into the county in order to populate the school.

The appeal these schools is that they teach classes that are beyond the curriculum and scope of normal "advanced" high school classes. For a simple metric, look at how few NMSF the entire (Arlington) county produces, and that itself is a low bar to use. I have known a few highly intelligent kids who live in the county and they aren't the resume padders with the fake foundations.[/quote]

Arlington hater is here with his fake news. Of course there are many high performing kids in Arlington across the high schools. They do great in college admissions. NMSF isn't the only criteria for high performing kids, you know. But enjoy paying for private. [/quote]

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