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Any way to level the playing field?

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Delaware Statewide Proficiency Overview (2024):
  • Reading (SAT): 45% of high school students achieved proficiency or higher, marking a 1% increase from the previous year.
  • Math (SAT): Only 18% of students reached proficiency, reflecting a 5% decrease from the prior year. In 2023, seventeen Delaware schools had single-digit proficiency rates in math, reading, or the SAT on state-administered tests. It's not about sports scholarships. Delaware public schools are failing our kids.
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Good luck this weekend!

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This is the time of the year when we throw rankings and seeds straight out the F’ing window. Time to prove it on the mat boys and girls! If you felt slighted when 302Sports put out their rankings now is the time for you to show em what ya got. A #1 ranking and $2 gets you a medium coffee, but a gold medal is something you’ll never forget. I look forward to seeing a lot of wrestling this weekend at Milford! Prayers for an injury free, well as injury free as this sport can be, weekend! Good luck wrestlers, coaches and officials as well as all of the people working the tournaments this weekend.
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Any way to level the playing field?

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Seerock9223 said:
To your point, I'm old enough to know that 30-40 years ago, folks with kids in Brandywine High and A.I's feeder didn't need Tower Hill/Friends/Archmere/Sallies. They spent the money because they could. Now folks in the same feeders have to spend the money on these schools for academic AND athletic success. It's a fact. And if WP is a shining example of academics, NCC is still in a lot of trouble.
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That’s my whole point…
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Any way to level the playing field?

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Seerock9223 said:
To your point, I'm old enough to know that 30-40 years ago, folks with kids in Brandywine High and A.I's feeder didn't need Tower Hill/Friends/Archmere/Sallies. They spent the money because they could. Now folks in the same feeders have to spend the money on these schools for academic AND athletic success. It's a fact. And if WP is a shining example of academics, NCC is still in a lot of trouble.
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WP draws from many areas that can’t afford to just put their kids in private schools and most importantly they are the only HS in their district. The best of one!
I think my man’s example of Delcastle being an athletic powerhouse is exaggerated for his argument. Nobody is questioning Sallies academics, I’m just saying you’re blind if you don’t think some families chose them, DMA or Caravel mainly for athletics.
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Restler89 said:
That’s my point. Delcastle I’d say is on the come up, William Penn and St. George’s are also the best examples of northern public schools. If northern public schools had academics comparable to that of charter and private schools it would be common sense to save money or skip the list.
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To your point, I'm old enough to know that 30-40 years ago, folks with kids in Brandywine High and A.I's feeder didn't need Tower Hill/Friends/Archmere/Sallies. They spent the money because they could. Now folks in the same feeders have to spend the money on these schools for academic AND athletic success. It's a fact. And if WP is a shining example of academics, NCC is still in a lot of trouble.
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