RENAULT: And what in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?If you moved to Dunwoody for the ``great schools'' it would appear that you, like Rick in Casablanca, were misinformed.
RICK: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
RENAULT: Waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
RICK: I was misinformed.
If Newsweek Magazine is to be believed Dunwoody High School is far from the best in the area. In fact it ranks outside the top 50 in all of Georgia and no Georgia school could break into the top 100.
But we're improving, right? Well actually, no, we are in steady decline in these rankings.
| Year | Ranking |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 548 |
| 2005 | 676 |
| 2006 | 898 |
| 2007 | 1339 |
| 2008 | 1409 |
Dunwoody High has never been in the top 500 and is moving rapidly towards falling entirely off the list. And DHS wasn't beaten just by the likes of Walton, Lakeside, Milton and Sprayberry. No, DHS was bested by Tucker, Central Gwinnett, Cambell and Clarke Central, each with close to 50% of students receiving federally subsidized lunches.
You can choose not to believe objective outside measures of Dunwoody's dismal school performance. Many parents do. It is much easier to believe the teachers, administrators and principal when they tell you what a great job they're doing (even though they are underpaid) and what a wonderful education your child is getting (even though their teachers are underpaid).
But sooner or later your children will pay the full price of their lies and your denials.
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