Advice on HS transfer

Sakacar3
Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:12:43 +0000

My dd3 currently attends (rising sophomore) a small suburban hs. She has struggled academically and was diagnosed with ADD early in her academic career (she briefly took med, but then figured out how to manage so that she didn’t have to - hated being on meds), but it’s currently ranked 5th in her class with a 4.0 uw., 4.3 w gpa.

Because the school is small, there are many opportunities (she competed at the state level in two academic competitions this year, and started a club, and played two varsity sports, etc.,) but the math and science departments are VERY weak. She will likely be able to graduate with a high GPA and at least 7 APs.

I work at this school. D2 is a senior at this school. (D1 and D2 are more naturally " academic" and were able to compensate for less than stellar teachers.)

Because I realized (after working there for a few months) that the academics were weak, I sent in an application for her to the competitive IB program at a school 10 minutes away. She was accepted.

This school is quite large, and has the positives and negatives of a large school.

I am torn. Where would you send your child?