Comments on: TAG: You’re It. Well, You’re No. 2. That’s Kind of It. http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: WWWildcat http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-29025 WWWildcat Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:07 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/#comment-29025 I knew there was some reason I like people from New Orleans. I knew there was some reason I like people from New Orleans.

]]> By: nmlhats http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-28927 nmlhats Wed, 21 May 2008 04:50:47 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/#comment-28927 Dang, mine is way down at #35. Ben Franklin (New Orleans, believe it or not) used to be excluded as too super-elite to even be ranked in this list (see sidebar story on "The Public Elites"). But after Katrina it was reincarnated as a charter school and I guess it's not quite as fantastic as it was before so much population was lost. Back when I was there, we had 35 National Merit semifinalists in my (1981) class of 137 students. If I had any actual kids, I would be sending them to DISD schools. Dang, mine is way down at #35. Ben Franklin (New Orleans, believe it or not) used to be excluded as too super-elite to even be ranked in this list (see sidebar story on “The Public Elites”). But after Katrina it was reincarnated as a charter school and I guess it’s not quite as fantastic as it was before so much population was lost. Back when I was there, we had 35 National Merit semifinalists in my (1981) class of 137 students.

If I had any actual kids, I would be sending them to DISD schools.

]]> By: wWw esprit de corps http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-28384 wWw esprit de corps Mon, 19 May 2008 16:34:26 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/#comment-28384 Eric, everyone knows there is more drama at Woodrow - just look at the Cappie Awards and ask Rod Dreher. We Wildcats can delight in the fact that our rival Hillcrest came in just below us. Also the 'copycats' of Lake Highlands were 526 places lower. And for iconoclasm, we bettered high schools in Richardson, McKinney, Plano and Frisco. Eric, everyone knows there is more drama at Woodrow – just look at the Cappie Awards and ask Rod Dreher.

We Wildcats can delight in the fact that our rival Hillcrest came in just below us. Also the ‘copycats’ of Lake Highlands were 526 places lower.

And for iconoclasm, we bettered high schools in Richardson, McKinney, Plano and Frisco.

]]> By: Peterk http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-28383 Peterk Mon, 19 May 2008 16:27:43 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/#comment-28383 uh-oh now we'll have another flame war over how the ranking for Woodrow must be wrong (#518) because everyone knows its the bestest HS in Dallas I suspect that folks that ranked Woodrow that low must have talked to Dreher, and only Dreher uh-oh now we’ll have another flame war over how the ranking for Woodrow must be wrong (#518) because everyone knows its the bestest HS in Dallas
I suspect that folks that ranked Woodrow that low must have talked to Dreher, and only Dreher

]]> By: W. T. White H. S. http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-28381 W. T. White H. S. Mon, 19 May 2008 16:23:19 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/05/19/tag-youre-it-well-youre-no-2-thats-kind-of-it/#comment-28381 W. T. White is highest comprehensive high school in Dallas ISD at #127 nationally and 16th in Texas from those ranked. W. T. White is highest comprehensive high school in Dallas ISD at #127 nationally and 16th in Texas from those ranked.

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