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Funny but I would have thought that Foothills with it's brand new building and zoned for the high dollar elistist neighborhoods like Cross Creek, Royal Oaks, Oxford Hills, and Wimbledon would be blowing everyone into the weeds.

Let's do the math for Fort and Foothills, Foothills, shall we:

Math: 66 - 58 = 8; 8/58 = 13.8% higher score
Reading/Language: 64 -61 =3; 3/61 = 5% higher
Social Studies: 63 -60 = 3; 3/60 = 5% higher
Science: 64 -60 = 4; 4/60 = 6.7% higher
Those are statistically significant percentages, especially that 13.8% in math.

The parents of the other "cookie cutter" schools should be mad as heck that their schools have not adopted innovative 21st century educational methods. If they did, there would be no need for a school like Fort Craig. They should be directing their jealousies to the principals, schools director, school board, and the city council for an "excellence culture" in ALL schools. There is no reason it can't be done. The same people you are cheering for are the ones letting you down!

For the last time, Fort Craig students are not "hand picked" elitists. Every child is picked from a lottery with higher priority for socioeconomically disadvantaged children.

For sure, there are some kids from millionaire families attending there. There are also many more kids whose families fall below the poverty level line. And there is a spectrum of socioeconomic diversity in between. The one thing each of these families have in common is that they put a high premium on education and feel that Fort Craig is a better elementary school "choice."

Again, I wish that all schools were more like Fort Craig. Then I believe test scores would not only equalize but improve systemwide. Isn't that what all of us want in the first place?