Yes, we forget there are some fabulous public schools out there. I worked at one which was one of three in our district. We allowed the students to "open enroll" or attend any of the three they wished. Our school was always in demand. Most of the special ed kids wanted to come because the community thought our special ed teachers were fabulous. It became our largest department in the building. MANY of those kids took AP courses (yes, it's true) because the academic departments recruited kids by the dozens for those offerings and convinced kids and parents they could handle the work. Newsweek named us one of the top 100 high schools in the nation one year. Tuned out one of their important criteria was the number of students who took AP exams and successfully got college credit by achieving one of the three highest scores. What an exciting, positive place that was, and still is!
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