Currently have a 9th and 11th grader attending a fantastic high school. We have been very pleased with the school and teaching staff. Both are excelling and the 11th grader is ranked #1 in the class. They came from a top 200 school in the US previously so the work here is actually a slower pace. The 11th grader was ranked 3/600 at the old school. The present school offers many AP/advanced courses....half the AP courses are only offered online and students work at a pc in the school. There are no local cc or universities so high school is the only option. The student profile sent to colleges does not differentiate that the courses are online nor does the transcript. The school profile says all AP's are offered at the school :)
Problem, the math, science, art history, micro, macro and foreign language AP courses the upcoming senior needs are only online because very few students take these courses. Regular level is available but not an option. These are graduation requirements so it is AP or regular. Most take regular. What this means is Monday-Friday, all day will be spent sitting in front of a pc at school with the exception of a study hall and and one "in-person" elective.
So the child next year has the option of taking a full-schedule of online courses (no other schools in area) and has a strong shot at graduating 1/250 OR Making the hard decision to move this coming summer back to the original school in the US. This will mean a job change. The prior school does not do valedictorian but the rank should be competitive as all grades have been an A. I assume the ranking is top 5-10% based on historical gpa data. I am estimating the senior will be now 40/600 because there were no honors course available for 4 classes.
Parents, Appreciate your input and opinion. What would you do? I am leaning towards moving back to the US so a year is not lost with the online learning. How does this get explained to colleges? Will the transcript with the #1 ranking be taken into account when applying for colleges if we make the move starting in 12th? Senior is looking at Physics as a major.
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