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I agree that there certainly are mega-sized schools around the country that have great facilities and programs.* And I will bet a Buffalo carrot that 9 out of 10 of these great, large schools are populated by upper middle income folk.* One of my daughters attended a high school in a suburb west of St. Louis.* The school facilitities, grounds, and programs were fantastic.* The main entranceway to the main building had a three story atrium with fountains and waterfalls. My daughter even participated in a Japanese exchange program while there and took Japanese.* She loved it.* That school drew from an area where the average price of homes was $300,000.* For the St. Louis area in the late 80's that was affluent.* The great majority of schools don't have the blessing of that kind of demographic.