jackskellingtonsgirl
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- Nov 14, 2004
Saturday post is actually on the chopping block, but they won't manage to chop it within the next 48 hours! 
The problem is that I don't know that the letters will move through the system quickly enough to be delivered on Saturday. It may very well be Monday. 
The regular high schools have different levels of academics for the kids to choose from, but they don't tend to be heavily populated by kids who COULD go somewhere else, like a private school or a magnet. That means for things like standardized test scores the regular high schools have a HORRIBLE record, because the academic powerhouse kids they DO have can't offset the staggering numbers of slackers. It made me laugh when we went to the Open House at the regular high school. They had a panel of kids that were chosen to answer questions. They very purposely chose a girl who came back there from a magnet, and another girl who left the all girl Catholic private school. The ex-magnet girl said something about how her college level courses at the magnet were so crowded, and now they are virtually empty. Yes, going from an academic magnet to a plain high school would have that effect. If you have an academically BRILLIANT child then you can have individualized, high level instruction at a regular school because the classes will only have a handful of kids in them! But if your child is just academically competent or maybe he struggles in a subject or two, the dynamics are completely different.
You people with the video requests.
I can't believe how difficult they have made it to find out any info on those new high school programs. The one high school has an excellent reputation for their drama department. They will now house a "performing arts" career path program, but I have NO CLUE what that actually MEANS. I know if you get in you have to commit to stay there for an entire year. I also know the district will NOT provide transportation.
If DS gets accepted to the Arts magnet he can ride a bus from our "home" high school to the magnet and back each day, for free. But also the magnet isn't that much of a drive for us, so we can take him and pick him up if necessary.
The problem is that I don't know that the letters will move through the system quickly enough to be delivered on Saturday. It may very well be Monday. The regular high schools have different levels of academics for the kids to choose from, but they don't tend to be heavily populated by kids who COULD go somewhere else, like a private school or a magnet. That means for things like standardized test scores the regular high schools have a HORRIBLE record, because the academic powerhouse kids they DO have can't offset the staggering numbers of slackers. It made me laugh when we went to the Open House at the regular high school. They had a panel of kids that were chosen to answer questions. They very purposely chose a girl who came back there from a magnet, and another girl who left the all girl Catholic private school. The ex-magnet girl said something about how her college level courses at the magnet were so crowded, and now they are virtually empty.
Yes, going from an academic magnet to a plain high school would have that effect. If you have an academically BRILLIANT child then you can have individualized, high level instruction at a regular school because the classes will only have a handful of kids in them! But if your child is just academically competent or maybe he struggles in a subject or two, the dynamics are completely different.You people with the video requests.
I can't believe how difficult they have made it to find out any info on those new high school programs. The one high school has an excellent reputation for their drama department. They will now house a "performing arts" career path program, but I have NO CLUE what that actually MEANS. I know if you get in you have to commit to stay there for an entire year. I also know the district will NOT provide transportation.
If DS gets accepted to the Arts magnet he can ride a bus from our "home" high school to the magnet and back each day, for free. But also the magnet isn't that much of a drive for us, so we can take him and pick him up if necessary.
I do think he will be honest if I have DS with me, but if he picks DS up from me before he gets the mail then there is no telling what kind of line he will come up with. I threatened to bring the little girls I nanny to spend the afternoon at our house, which would effectively wipe out DH's hopes of a nap, so he better be nice. He offered to bring the letter, unopened, to me at work, but I don't want to wait an extra 20 minutes for him to drive it over there. I just want to know what it says.
