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Newsweek has released it's annual report of America's best public high schools and again the Charlotte area is represented fourteen times, with Myers Park High coming in at # 29. Others are: Harding, Providence, North Meck, David Butler, South Meck, Hopewell, East Meck, Garinger, Olympic, Vance, Northwest School of the Arts, Lake Norman, and Independence. The entire article is posted on msn.com. Congratulations CMS
Wow! I'm impressed!
I'd love to send that link to all those people, back in New Jersey, who told us we were crazy to move to Charlotte, because the schools are supposedly soooo bad!
I must say as a prospective Charlotte area resident I was really impressed. I found it compelling that I have always read the surrounding counties had better schools such as Cabarrus and others, yet their schools did not make the list. What areas of Charlotte are Myers Park and others located? I would like to look at real estate in these areas. Also what are the feeder elementary and middle schools to these high schools. I know this is just one report, but it does give me hope since I come from an area with crappy schools.
I suggest anyone read the article before making decisions based upon ranking on this list alone.....it is based on # of AP courses taken by students (it explains exactly how it does this, while not discriminating by school size etc.). Make your own judgement on how that makes a school great. I for one have a few high school aged relatives who chose to limit AP courses due to the pressure of them, IMHO, kids taking too many AP courses makes for stressed kids, and I'm not sure that makes a school great. I don't think anyone should disregard the importance of AP course availability for high school students, just feel that there's more to a great school than AP.
I must say as a prospective Charlotte area resident I was really impressed. I found it compelling that I have always read the surrounding counties had better schools such as Cabarrus and others, yet their schools did not make the list. What areas of Charlotte are Myers Park and others located? I would like to look at real estate in these areas. Also what are the feeder elementary and middle schools to these high schools. I know this is just one report, but it does give me hope since I come from an area with crappy schools.
Myers Park, Providence, and South Mecklenburg are in South Charlotte. Olympic is Southwest. Both are good areas to buy a home.
I suggest anyone read the article before making decisions based upon ranking on this list alone.....it is based on # of AP courses taken by students (it explains exactly how it does this, while not discriminating by school size etc.). Make your own judgement on how that makes a school great. I for one have a few high school aged relatives who chose to limit AP courses due to the pressure of them, IMHO, kids taking too many AP courses makes for stressed kids, and I'm not sure that makes a school great. I don't think anyone should disregard the importance of AP course availability for high school students, just feel that there's more to a great school than AP.
According to the article studies show that success in AP can lead to success in college; and success in college, success in life. The authors of the study used the Challenge Index to measure schools' rate of participation in college level tests to indicate which schools are most demanding and supportive of ALL students, whether affluent, disadvantaged or those who fall between the cracks...the average student from the average middle income family. It sounds like a reasonable and fair assessment.
I've never really thought of those as good, much less great, public schools.
Maybe they have greatly improved, or perhaps public schools across the nation have gotten worse.
In any case, it's good press for Charlotte.
Good Lord, you got that right. Especially since Garinger was on an action-plan due to low performance and was classified as an at-risk school by the state.
Not to mention the new Myers Park scandal about skewing numbers to boost their overall rankings.
Lesson: As the PP said, get involved and do research first hand.
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