it's gotta be that new Hummer!

I used to go to schools in the DISD and the RISD (RichardsonIndependentSchoolDistrict) back in the 80s.
Either the standards dropped after I left or the Georgia (ie. Atlanta/stn mtn) school system REALLY sucked!
I think the suck is recent - over the past 10-15 years or so. But boy, did they ever drop fast and far. The average SAT score for a Dallas ISD kid is 852, but that includes all of the magnet schools. Compare that to the Mesquite ISD, where I went to high school - 969. Richardson ISD - 1063. The national average for Texas is
995. 852, even WITH the magnet schools, is a lonnnnng way from 995 - which isn't exactly stellar.
TAKS scores aren't much better, either - out of the high schools in DISD, Madison, Molina, North Dallas, Samuell, Seagoville (SEAGOVILLE!?), Maceo, SOC and Spruce are all listed as "unacceptable" (but this was back in 2005).