Personally, when the issue came up of sending our youngest son to NIRC, our Rav recommended not doing so because he feels a HS boy is still a child and needs the warmth and stability of his family, and that for those of us in NYC metro, there are alternatives to OOT. More black hat mesivtas have added AP courses, probably in response to parental pressures. And now that there are an abundance of “alternative” college programs, guys do have that option. For a pure 50/50 split of quality in both parts of the day I’d say Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Lawrence. Bottom line, the quality of the secular (and limeudi kodesh for that matter) is only as good as the teacher and/or Rebbe. It can vary widely from class to class and year to year.
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