<p>lol. Nono, the system actually works well. People don’t miss school. (Well, my sophomore year we had an epidemic of flu the news covered cause everyone kept coming to school lol) Personally, I think that part is iffy because of sickness. I went to school with pneumonia, that didn’t last lol. But, grades are high. Freshman year, my school was ranked number one public school in Texas. 
And I know the whole crying cause of the 97, we have ridiculous kids like that, mostly the Asians lol. </p>
<p>School rep wise, KatyISD is known for excellent academics. Even our “ghetto” schools have high scores on TAKS, SATs, and college attendance rates. Plus we have grown enormous. In 2000 I think we had something like 30,000 kids, now its almost 40,000. 8 new elementaries, 3 new junior highs and two new high schools in two years. Neat, but sucks for the people going there, our newest school in the district is the largest in Texas, makes me laugh. I’m in the districts smallest school (2800 kids) and its nice, the other schools are ridiculously huge. Have to run to classes. HAHA! </p>
<p>I love the exemptions though, good reason to bust butt and do well, I mean, the top half of the class cut off is around a 3.1 GPA! But I can see how in most places it wouldn’t work. </p>
<p>But enough with the rulers, or whatever it is for girls. lol. We should just be glad we are fortunate enough to be in high reaching schools! You will be prepared for the Academy for it, and I can hope it will help my get in lol. </p>
<p>One more question, are your AP’s limited? I know some places are, my school doesn’t, which makes staying in the top 10% a real pain for tons of people.</p>