Has anyone switched from private to public elementary school (esp. JKLM)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

We've had kids in both JKLM and Big 3 private. I know it's shocking to some, but there isn't that much of a difference. Certainly not a $40k difference. And the neighborhood school experience has been wonderful for our whole family.

So you left Sidwell, GDS or Beauvoir to go back to Janney or Mann before 5th grade? really?

Multiple kids, different schools. And two others on this thread have said the same, including a teacher who taught at both. If you have friends at the other schools with kids in the same grade, ask them.

Ah. I was confused, because the post you're responding to, and the title of this thread, is about families who 'switched from private to public elementary'

I have yet to meet a family in my neighborhood who affirmatively *left* GDS, Sidwell or Beauvoir to attend Janney/Murch/Layfayette (I'm equidistant to all three) but I assume it has happened. Probably due to money

Yes, people lose or change jobs, divorces, reassessment of finances and desire for neighborhood school experience, etc.

[Anonymous]

At a JKLM school now and a kid in my child’s first grade class came from GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We've had kids in both JKLM and Big 3 private. I know it's shocking to some, but there isn't that much of a difference. Certainly not a $40k difference. And the neighborhood school experience has been wonderful for our whole family.

So you left Sidwell, GDS or Beauvoir to go back to Janney or Mann before 5th grade? really?

Multiple kids, different schools. And two others on this thread have said the same, including a teacher who taught at both. If you have friends at the other schools with kids in the same grade, ask them.

Ah. I was confused, because the post you're responding to, and the title of this thread, is about families who 'switched from private to public elementary'

I have yet to meet a family in my neighborhood who affirmatively *left* GDS, Sidwell or Beauvoir to attend Janney/Murch/Layfayette (I'm equidistant to all three) but I assume it has happened. Probably due to money

Yes, people lose or change jobs, divorces, reassessment of finances and desire for neighborhood school experience, etc.

Or they just realize that the private school experience compared to their neighborhood school isn't worth 40K/year to them. It doesn't have to mean they can't afford it anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

We've had kids in both JKLM and Big 3 private. I know it's shocking to some, but there isn't that much of a difference. Certainly not a $40k difference. And the neighborhood school experience has been wonderful for our whole family.

So you left Sidwell, GDS or Beauvoir to go back to Janney or Mann before 5th grade? really?

Multiple kids, different schools. And two others on this thread have said the same, including a teacher who taught at both. If you have friends at the other schools with kids in the same grade, ask them.

Ah. I was confused, because the post you're responding to, and the title of this thread, is about families who 'switched from private to public elementary'

I have yet to meet a family in my neighborhood who affirmatively *left* GDS, Sidwell or Beauvoir to attend Janney/Murch/Layfayette (I'm equidistant to all three) but I assume it has happened. Probably due to money

I'm sure you are intending to sound like a snob (and succeeding), but thankfully most people in these neighborhoods are far more gracious about other people's decisions.

[Anonymous]

Yes , we have friends who switched their kids from one of the schools listed to their neighborhood ES. I didn’t ask why because that is not my business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

We've had kids in both JKLM and Big 3 private. I know it's shocking to some, but there isn't that much of a difference. Certainly not a $40k difference. And the neighborhood school experience has been wonderful for our whole family.

So you left Sidwell, GDS or Beauvoir to go back to Janney or Mann before 5th grade? really?

Multiple kids, different schools. And two others on this thread have said the same, including a teacher who taught at both. If you have friends at the other schools with kids in the same grade, ask them.

Ah. I was confused, because the post you're responding to, and the title of this thread, is about families who 'switched from private to public elementary'

I have yet to meet a family in my neighborhood who affirmatively *left* GDS, Sidwell or Beauvoir to attend Janney/Murch/Layfayette (I'm equidistant to all three) but I assume it has happened. Probably due to money

Wow, if people at privates have THAT sort of mindset, I'm glad we're at our neighborhood school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We've had kids in both JKLM and Big 3 private. I know it's shocking to some, but there isn't that much of a difference. Certainly not a $40k difference. And the neighborhood school experience has been wonderful for our whole family.

So you left Sidwell, GDS or Beauvoir to go back to Janney or Mann before 5th grade? really?

Multiple kids, different schools. And two others on this thread have said the same, including a teacher who taught at both. If you have friends at the other schools with kids in the same grade, ask them.

Ah. I was confused, because the post you're responding to, and the title of this thread, is about families who 'switched from private to public elementary'

I have yet to meet a family in my neighborhood who affirmatively *left* GDS, Sidwell or Beauvoir to attend Janney/Murch/Layfayette (I'm equidistant to all three) but I assume it has happened. Probably due to money

I'm sure you are intending to sound like a snob (and succeeding), but thankfully most people in these neighborhoods are far more gracious about other people's decisions.

+1000

[Anonymous]

At our school I know kids who switched from St. Pats, Maret & GDS. Lots from the international schools and catholics as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would any PP's answer change if the choice was between an EOTP elementary and an independent private school?

We switched from a VA private in K to Brent for 1st grade this year. Academics not quite as strong in DCPS but community atmosphere lovely and specials excellent. New principal at Brent is impressive.

She was the principal at Janney for several years. She is quite good.

I personally miss her, she is a force of nature in a very good way.

+100!
Brent parent who is feeling lucky she is at Brent