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joeglow3

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29. A friend of ours moved to Florida a couple years ago

Reply to DrDan (Reply #25)

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 01:15 PM

Jan 2014

She was in tears when she saw how shitty their schools are. The kids were in 2nd and 4th grade at the time and were 18 months ahead of all the schools they visited.

She hates it there and says with almost 100% accuracy she can talk to someone for 5 minutes and tell if you are a native or a transplant.

However, she mentioned they use their own standardized testing to boost their scores.

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it does? I live here and am confused by that comment. DrDan Jan 2014 #25

A friend of ours moved to Florida a couple years ago joeglow3 Jan 2014 #29

she should leave it she hates it that much DrDan Jan 2014 #31

They are there because of her husband's job joeglow3 Jan 2014 #33

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I have learned schools are not analyzed by the top and bottom performers joeglow3 Jan 2014 #44

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