2011 API scores are out

[joec]

bg, I think what sdr is saying is that all the grade levels, even elementary school at a higher rated school will help at child at high school levels.

Your comments make you come off as just worry about hs and don’t worry about elemen/middle and I’m sure you don’t mean that neither, but the bottom line is if you can send them to higher rated schools with more resources, smarter/harder working and better kids, you’re “probably” be better off later in life.

You’re saying the rich, wealthy girls with the highest grades ends up with the sailor right out of HS, well, look at the % that will do that in the TOP TOP economic circles vs. the much LARGER amount that will in the lower circles.

As much as I hate the tiger mom, her kid is going to Yale I think and got into Harvard as well and is a concert pianist to boot. I’m sure many folks hope to see her fail, but it’s not happening, at least not yet!

Economic and Social status has EVERYTHING to do with how successful, especially professional in work/life.
It’s really who you know. Also, no idea why you like to always add blurbs on HOA/MR, it gets old and makes you look less open minded / wise to meaningful discussions or what anyone has to say.

In terms of dumbing materials, it really is based on the general level of the folks. In Asia, a lot of the kids do college level math, physics so if you just did the norm there, you’ll kick ass in college. I should know considering my ECON roommate knew how to do all my physics work which I struggled with from a lowly rated hs here.

[bearishgurl]

Thank you, carli. CCA sounds like an innovative school with a performing arts slant. Due to the extra workload (extra credits over a “mainstream” HS?), it may not be the right school for every student.

How many students will it hold and what are the chances of a students being selected for it from the lottery?

[bearishgurl]

Thank you, carli. CCA sounds like an innovative school with a performing arts slant. Due to the extra workload (extra credits over a “mainstream” HS?), it may not be the right school for every student.

How many students will it hold and what are the chances of a students being selected for it from the lottery?

[bearishgurl]

Thank you, carli. CCA sounds like an innovative school with a performing arts slant. Due to the extra workload (extra credits over a “mainstream” HS?), it may not be the right school for every student.

How many students will it hold and what are the chances of a students being selected for it from the lottery?

[carli]

[quote=bearishgurl]Thank you, carli. CCA sounds like an innovative school with a performing arts slant. Due to the extra workload (extra credits over a “mainstream” HS?), it may not be the right school for every student.

How many students will it hold and what are the chances of a students being selected for it from the lottery?[/quote]

You’re welcome, BG. I don’t know CCA’s exact enrollment figure, but I believe it’s just under 2000 students. I’m not sure what the odds are of students being selected via the lottery (by the way, the lottery is purely based on chance), but the rumor is that this school year, 200 students had to be turned away, which is far more than in past years. Again, this figure is not official, just what was discussed among parents. I don’t have time right now, but maybe later I’ll see if any of this info can be confirmed on the district website at http://www.sduhsd.net.

[carli]

[quote=bearishgurl]Thank you, carli. CCA sounds like an innovative school with a performing arts slant. Due to the extra workload (extra credits over a “mainstream” HS?), it may not be the right school for every student.

How many students will it hold and what are the chances of a students being selected for it from the lottery?[/quote]

You’re welcome, BG. I don’t know CCA’s exact enrollment figure, but I believe it’s just under 2000 students. I’m not sure what the odds are of students being selected via the lottery (by the way, the lottery is purely based on chance), but the rumor is that this school year, 200 students had to be turned away, which is far more than in past years. Again, this figure is not official, just what was discussed among parents. I don’t have time right now, but maybe later I’ll see if any of this info can be confirmed on the district website at http://www.sduhsd.net.

[carli]

[quote=bearishgurl]Thank you, carli. CCA sounds like an innovative school with a performing arts slant. Due to the extra workload (extra credits over a “mainstream” HS?), it may not be the right school for every student.

How many students will it hold and what are the chances of a students being selected for it from the lottery?[/quote]

You’re welcome, BG. I don’t know CCA’s exact enrollment figure, but I believe it’s just under 2000 students. I’m not sure what the odds are of students being selected via the lottery (by the way, the lottery is purely based on chance), but the rumor is that this school year, 200 students had to be turned away, which is far more than in past years. Again, this figure is not official, just what was discussed among parents. I don’t have time right now, but maybe later I’ll see if any of this info can be confirmed on the district website at http://www.sduhsd.net.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=joec]. . . no idea why you like to always add blurbs on HOA/MR, it gets old and makes you look less open minded / wise to meaningful discussions or what anyone has to say.[/quote]

The reason I use those terms (more MR than HOA, actually) is because that is precisely the “bill of goods” that parents and potential parents are sold when deciding to buy in a particular area solely for the school scores. The parents are no doubt also attracted by the newer school facilities (pd for w/MR bonds). The reason they are purchasing solely for the area school scores is because there is more often than not no other redeeming qualities to the property in question. It is often inferior in location, build quality and lot size to older properties of the same size in the more established areas as well as being identical or a mirror image to every fifth house on the block. You can’t deny that the right to attend particular school(s) is the foremost and only reason why most young parents flock to a particular area when they are in the market to buy. Nothing else seems to matter. We have recently discussed ad infinitum on this board how these “school-score chasing” parents are outbidding each other in certain tracts in these *coveted* school attendance areas and driving up these properties’ prices well over their actual worth.

Before “API scores” even came out or became a “hot topic” of debate, what criteria do you think families in coastal CA used to purchased homes?

How about . . . close to other relatives and/or best location they could afford?

Now, location doesn’t seem to matter anymore to the biggest segment of the buying public. It’s all about finding a quickly-built tract thrown up in lizard-land to reside in the attendance area of that *newer* sterile-looking “high-scoring” school with the desert landscaping.

The most important fundamental of buying RE in CA coastal counties has always been “location, location, location.” Obviously, this basic fundamental has taken a back seat in recent years to “elementary school, middle school and high school” (no matter what the additional encumbrances are). The 22-45 year-old age group is the biggest buying segment of the population. The vast majority of the over 45 age group and especially the over-55 age group already has all the housing they need and want (and then some). We just didn’t buy it in the same way. We bought for the most convenient and/or best location we could afford and (hopefully) appreciation.

I don’t have a personal “area bias” for or against here as MR is all over the county.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=joec]. . . no idea why you like to always add blurbs on HOA/MR, it gets old and makes you look less open minded / wise to meaningful discussions or what anyone has to say.[/quote]

The reason I use those terms (more MR than HOA, actually) is because that is precisely the “bill of goods” that parents and potential parents are sold when deciding to buy in a particular area solely for the school scores. The parents are no doubt also attracted by the newer school facilities (pd for w/MR bonds). The reason they are purchasing solely for the area school scores is because there is more often than not no other redeeming qualities to the property in question. It is often inferior in location, build quality and lot size to older properties of the same size in the more established areas as well as being identical or a mirror image to every fifth house on the block. You can’t deny that the right to attend particular school(s) is the foremost and only reason why most young parents flock to a particular area when they are in the market to buy. Nothing else seems to matter. We have recently discussed ad infinitum on this board how these “school-score chasing” parents are outbidding each other in certain tracts in these *coveted* school attendance areas and driving up these properties’ prices well over their actual worth.

Before “API scores” even came out or became a “hot topic” of debate, what criteria do you think families in coastal CA used to purchased homes?

How about . . . close to other relatives and/or best location they could afford?

Now, location doesn’t seem to matter anymore to the biggest segment of the buying public. It’s all about finding a quickly-built tract thrown up in lizard-land to reside in the attendance area of that *newer* sterile-looking “high-scoring” school with the desert landscaping.

The most important fundamental of buying RE in CA coastal counties has always been “location, location, location.” Obviously, this basic fundamental has taken a back seat in recent years to “elementary school, middle school and high school” (no matter what the additional encumbrances are). The 22-45 year-old age group is the biggest buying segment of the population. The vast majority of the over 45 age group and especially the over-55 age group already has all the housing they need and want (and then some). We just didn’t buy it in the same way. We bought for the most convenient and/or best location we could afford and (hopefully) appreciation.

I don’t have a personal “area bias” for or against here as MR is all over the county.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=joec]. . . no idea why you like to always add blurbs on HOA/MR, it gets old and makes you look less open minded / wise to meaningful discussions or what anyone has to say.[/quote]

The reason I use those terms (more MR than HOA, actually) is because that is precisely the “bill of goods” that parents and potential parents are sold when deciding to buy in a particular area solely for the school scores. The parents are no doubt also attracted by the newer school facilities (pd for w/MR bonds). The reason they are purchasing solely for the area school scores is because there is more often than not no other redeeming qualities to the property in question. It is often inferior in location, build quality and lot size to older properties of the same size in the more established areas as well as being identical or a mirror image to every fifth house on the block. You can’t deny that the right to attend particular school(s) is the foremost and only reason why most young parents flock to a particular area when they are in the market to buy. Nothing else seems to matter. We have recently discussed ad infinitum on this board how these “school-score chasing” parents are outbidding each other in certain tracts in these *coveted* school attendance areas and driving up these properties’ prices well over their actual worth.

Before “API scores” even came out or became a “hot topic” of debate, what criteria do you think families in coastal CA used to purchased homes?

How about . . . close to other relatives and/or best location they could afford?

Now, location doesn’t seem to matter anymore to the biggest segment of the buying public. It’s all about finding a quickly-built tract thrown up in lizard-land to reside in the attendance area of that *newer* sterile-looking “high-scoring” school with the desert landscaping.

The most important fundamental of buying RE in CA coastal counties has always been “location, location, location.” Obviously, this basic fundamental has taken a back seat in recent years to “elementary school, middle school and high school” (no matter what the additional encumbrances are). The 22-45 year-old age group is the biggest buying segment of the population. The vast majority of the over 45 age group and especially the over-55 age group already has all the housing they need and want (and then some). We just didn’t buy it in the same way. We bought for the most convenient and/or best location we could afford and (hopefully) appreciation.

I don’t have a personal “area bias” for or against here as MR is all over the county.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=carli]You’re welcome, BG. I don’t know CCA’s exact enrollment figure, but I believe it’s just under 2000 students. I’m not sure what the odds are of students being selected via the lottery (by the way, the lottery is purely based on chance), but the rumor is that this school year, 200 students had to be turned away, which is far more than in past years. Again, this figure is not official, just what was discussed among parents. I don’t have time right now, but maybe later I’ll see if any of this info can be confirmed on the district website at http://www.sduhsd.net.[/quote%5D

carli, it is not uncommon for ANY HS to have to turn away +/- 200 students (zone/inter-district transfer hopefuls) regardless of whether the “turnaway procedure” is by lottery or lack of space for out-of-area students.

Due to the fact that CCA has +/- 2000 students and that there is no other requirement for admission except for entering the lottery (no auditions, etc required), it should have been the County’s top scoring HS on my list, dumping Eastlake as #12. I apologize for the omission :=]

[bearishgurl]

[quote=carli]You’re welcome, BG. I don’t know CCA’s exact enrollment figure, but I believe it’s just under 2000 students. I’m not sure what the odds are of students being selected via the lottery (by the way, the lottery is purely based on chance), but the rumor is that this school year, 200 students had to be turned away, which is far more than in past years. Again, this figure is not official, just what was discussed among parents. I don’t have time right now, but maybe later I’ll see if any of this info can be confirmed on the district website at http://www.sduhsd.net.[/quote%5D

carli, it is not uncommon for ANY HS to have to turn away +/- 200 students (zone/inter-district transfer hopefuls) regardless of whether the “turnaway procedure” is by lottery or lack of space for out-of-area students.

Due to the fact that CCA has +/- 2000 students and that there is no other requirement for admission except for entering the lottery (no auditions, etc required), it should have been the County’s top scoring HS on my list, dumping Eastlake as #12. I apologize for the omission :=]

[bearishgurl]

[quote=carli]You’re welcome, BG. I don’t know CCA’s exact enrollment figure, but I believe it’s just under 2000 students. I’m not sure what the odds are of students being selected via the lottery (by the way, the lottery is purely based on chance), but the rumor is that this school year, 200 students had to be turned away, which is far more than in past years. Again, this figure is not official, just what was discussed among parents. I don’t have time right now, but maybe later I’ll see if any of this info can be confirmed on the district website at http://www.sduhsd.net.[/quote%5D

carli, it is not uncommon for ANY HS to have to turn away +/- 200 students (zone/inter-district transfer hopefuls) regardless of whether the “turnaway procedure” is by lottery or lack of space for out-of-area students.

Due to the fact that CCA has +/- 2000 students and that there is no other requirement for admission except for entering the lottery (no auditions, etc required), it should have been the County’s top scoring HS on my list, dumping Eastlake as #12. I apologize for the omission :=]

[bearishgurl]

[quote=joec]…Economic and Social status has EVERYTHING to do with how successful, especially professional in work/life. It’s really who you know…[/quote]

joe, this really doesn’t matter to a 6th or 7th grader, or even to a high school student. None of this really matters until a student is a junior in college and needs career-oriented contacts and references for internships and work. This is the time where having “good contacts” and “who you know” matters. Jobs held by HS students are typically minimum-wage jobs or these students are hired by parents or the parent’s friends/relatives for summer jobs, etc.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=joec]…Economic and Social status has EVERYTHING to do with how successful, especially professional in work/life. It’s really who you know…[/quote]

joe, this really doesn’t matter to a 6th or 7th grader, or even to a high school student. None of this really matters until a student is a junior in college and needs career-oriented contacts and references for internships and work. This is the time where having “good contacts” and “who you know” matters. Jobs held by HS students are typically minimum-wage jobs or these students are hired by parents or the parent’s friends/relatives for summer jobs, etc.

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