2024-05-15T19:05:07Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/rating-and-rankingtag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1592/51772024-05-15T19:05:07ZSursumCorda<p>I get your point, but I also imagine our gut reactions are out of date. When we moved here, 40 years ago, that was exactly my feeling about Florida schools. I was definitely underimpressed with the elementary schools. But I sure had to eat my words when I learned more about the high schools. I came from one of the best public schools in the very snooty Philadelphia Main Line. As I recall, at one point we managed to be ranked #7 among America's public high schools, though I can't say I myself was that impressed. However, when I compared it with Lake Brantley, LBHS was a dramatic winner. (I compared both my own experience and the then present-day school.) When our kids went there, Brantley was one of just a handful of public schools in the country where you could take AP Biology as a freshman, and the <em>only</em> one (or one of three; I can't remember for sure) where you could take AP Chemistry as a sophomore. Most Central Florida band programs are orders of magnitude better than what I experienced, or what our grandkids have available in New Hampshire. Drama programs here are incredible.</p> <p>Still, as I said, the rankings are meaningless unless you know and agree with the criteria that went into determining them.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1592/51762024-05-15T16:26:20ZGrace Kone<p>That magazine needs to get its facts straight. NO WAY is Florida #1 in Education!</p>