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Anonymous wrote:We started at a very small private school this year after a mediocre 3 years at public school (including one year of distance learning). So I have an interesting perspective, since we were at public school for 3 years before switching to private. My daughter is in third grade.
There are many things I really like about this school and the school says that their warm, welcoming community is one of their biggest strengths. I do feel that their community is warm and they have a lot of events (which I go to), but we haven't felt welcomed personally. No one in the class reached out to us as one of the few new families to invite us to any playdates, and I really don't know the other parents in the class yet (there have been a few school events which I've attended but it's hard to meet people in masks because I don't know which parents are in our class). No one seems interested in getting to know us, which is what bothers me the most. It's already March and we have not been invited to any playdates or birthday parties. I often think why am I paying all this tuition money for an experience where we're not building any sense of community? Part of why we decided to switch is because we wanted to build a strong sense of community.
We have one child, and I feel like that's part of it. During a school open house this year, when we were allowed to come in and see the classroom/meet the other parents, for some reason a bunch of moms pointed out the fact that I "only have one." No one else in the class is an only child so maybe that makes us the odd one out? For some reason I feel like the fact that we have one child is making it so that the other families don't want to meet up with us because they all have 2-4 kids.
Exact same experience at my child’s private. We’ve been there years and hasn’t changed. We are considering leaving reasons and this social aspect is one reason why.
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