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Anonymous
| Does anyone know of any DC or MD privates with openings in the rising 1st grade class for fall 2011? Thanks. |
Anonymous
| I have the same question for private in VA for K fall 2011. Crazy? |
Anonymous
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If your child is a very strong candidate (no issues) there may be openings. There are a couple schools that have a few places for strong K or 1 boys.
Why are you looking now? |
Anonymous
| I am OP. I think DC would be a great addition anywhere, but I'm his mom! What do you mean by "strong candidate" - obviously no grades yet since he just finished K. We considered private for K ( we applied to 3. 2 of which he was accepted), but opted to give our neighborhood public a shot for a year. It has been a fine year, I think my DC would be happy anywhere. I have not been wowed by any means, and planned to stick with it until reconsidering at the 3 rd grade entry point. But the class sizes are rising dramatically at my DC's public es and I think it is not a positive situation for any child to be in a 1st grade class with 30 kids and 1 relatively inexperienced teacher. Please let me know where you think there may be openings. Thanks in advance. |
Anonymous
| Try Harbor School in Bethesda. I believe I heard that every other grade is full or nearly so, but there may still be openings in first grade. |
Anonymous
| I think Primary Day has one or two openings for first grade. |
Anonymous
| Try CLC in Rockville, MD. |
Anonymous
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Harbor and
Lowell have openings. I would also look at Norwood. A friend of a friend of a friend got into 1st grade a couple of weeks ago. |
Anonymous
| Winchester School in Silver Spring |
Anonymous
| Grace in Kensington. |
Anonymous
| Norwood |
Anonymous
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Not private but consider the Inspired Teaching Public Charter School. http://www.inspiredteachingschool.org
Every educator I know raves about the Center for Inspired Teaching (which is the founding group). Two teachers per class. Has openings in 1st - 3rd as far as I know. |
Anonymous
| St. Patrick's |
Anonymous
How can an educator rave about a school that hasn't even opened yet? |
Anonymous
| For PP looking for K in Northern Virginia - Congressional is rarely full. Don't know anything about your DC, but I understand Congressional does not do well with active boys. |