Chances for William and Mary

wmalum2006
Wed, 16 May 2007 00:32:58 +0000

A governor’s school is a state sponsored academic program for academically talented students. Most of them are regionally based in a central location, and the governor’s school accepts students from several school districts. Some governor’s schools are part time, like those in smaller metros and rural ares like the Shenandoah and the Roanoke Valley. In the part time schools, Gov school students attend their regular high schools on some days and attend the governor’s school on others for example.

Larger metro areas have governor’s schools too which operate full time, so they’re really magnet schools. In Richmond, there is Maggie Walker High School which pulls top students from Richmond and surrounding counties. In Northern Virginia, there is Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology which pulls from Fairfax County, Alexandria, Loudoun Co, and PW. You may have heard of Maggie Walker or TJ before because they are among the top public schools in the nation, though they do select only the best of the best of course.