<p>"I took a look at the list of nominees for Presidential Scholars this year. Our city’s two large, diverse, public high schools produced three; the city’s Catholic and independent high schools had none. "</p>
<p>-This type of statistics when deciding kids’s HS might be less important than kid/school match. If kid is unhappy for 4 years, it will affect his/her academic and social life, both crucial and deciding factors with life long consequences.</p>