My k-8 bombed

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Anonymous wrote:I always love when K-8s post where their kids got into high school and there's one or two that are like South Lakes High School or Falls Church High School. Sounds like you got a great bang for your buck, parents, LOL!

There are definitely people who out there kids in private for ES/MS with the specific intention of moving them to public for HS.

When our child was diagnosed with dyslexia, we asked the psychologist whether, if we only had enough money to do private for 5-8 or 9-12, which we should do, she was absolutely adamant that the groundwork in ES/MS would be critical to our child’s academic success and that by HS, DC would likely not need the extra supports, and to go private for 5-8. As it’s turned out, we’ve gotten aid and are able to stay in private, but our initial plan was to switch to public for HS. That’s just one example. We have friends who were zoned to a MS with real problems and went private for MS then back to public, because their public HS was good.

Just like their are folks who choose private for HS and aren’t gunning for HYP or T20 colleges to the utter disbelief of the typical private crowd, there are folks who go private for earlier grades and switch to public because that’s the better choice for their family, not because their kid or their private school were failures.

This is certainly true but it's also true that the best private high schools formulate their decisions with their impressions of the K-8 in mind. If the K-8 has a solid reputation and trustworthy leadership, a kid's application carries more weight than if the school is seen as a lightweight or isn't taken seriously for other reasons. If K-8s want to be competitive in this insane marketplace, they have to actually be models for something.. path-breaking in tangible ways... proven, documented paper trails that big schools respect.

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Anonymous wrote:Private during K-8 years is way more important than private during high school. For many kids, they intentionally want public high school. Most people think they have it figured out though by first applying to private for 9th grade. It is almost comical.

This is true for some and not true for some. You have to know what you are trying to get out of it and what your kid is like. It's not a black or white thing.

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At our K-8 there are always some kids who do not apply out to privates because they WANT public school. It can be because they want somewhere bigger, it's closer, or financial reasons. I have an 8th grader at a K-8, and my child has a few friends that are just going public without applying to privates.

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Anonymous wrote:How did little Langley do? I know they have been having terrible results with since the new head of middle school came in and old HOS school left. People awfully quiet this year

Current Langley parent here of a younger child and this has me worried. Have results really been bad recently? We hear very little in the lower school about outplacement.

I am a LS parent but am close with a mom of an 8th grade grad from last year who said the results were good. Don’t have insight on this year though.

I'm also a LS parent and the "results were good" last year refers to the two kids that were basically the same kids that got into the top schools (multiple admits). So what about everyone else? I'm honestly a bit worried the direction things are trending and so are other parents here

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Anonymous wrote:How did little Langley do? I know they have been having terrible results with since the new head of middle school came in and old HOS school left. People awfully quiet this year

Current Langley parent here of a younger child and this has me worried. Have results really been bad recently? We hear very little in the lower school about outplacement.

I am a LS parent but am close with a mom of an 8th grade grad from last year who said the results were good. Don’t have insight on this year though.

I'm also a LS parent and the "results were good" last year refers to the two kids that were basically the same kids that got into the top schools (multiple admits). So what about everyone else? I'm honestly a bit worried the direction things are trending and so are other parents here

the cabal of langley truthers at work

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Don't know the whole class but for the most part, Langley's outplacement was really good. Several to Potomac, Sidwell, GDS, SSSAS, Maret...

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Anonymous wrote:How did little Langley do? I know they have been having terrible results with since the new head of middle school came in and old HOS school left. People awfully quiet this year

Current Langley parent here of a younger child and this has me worried. Have results really been bad recently? We hear very little in the lower school about outplacement.

I am a LS parent but am close with a mom of an 8th grade grad from last year who said the results were good. Don’t have insight on this year though.

I'm also a LS parent and the "results were good" last year refers to the two kids that were basically the same kids that got into the top schools (multiple admits). So what about everyone else? I'm honestly a bit worried the direction things are trending and so are other parents here

Langley mom here. Most middle school parents know that last year’s graduates were a unique class… small, behavioral challenges and Covid wasn’t kind to them to boot. This year’s 8th grade did very well. It’s a great group of kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Private during K-8 years is way more important than private during high school. For many kids, they intentionally want public high school. Most people think they have it figured out though by first applying to private for 9th grade. It is almost comical.

It is quite the DMV model to look at private just for 9th on, which to me is doesn’t make as much sense

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I always love when K-8s post where their kids got into high school and there's one or two that are like South Lakes High School or Falls Church High School. Sounds like you got a great bang for your buck, parents, LOL!

There are definitely people who out there kids in private for ES/MS with the specific intention of moving them to public for HS.

When our child was diagnosed with dyslexia, we asked the psychologist whether, if we only had enough money to do private for 5-8 or 9-12, which we should do, she was absolutely adamant that the groundwork in ES/MS would be critical to our child’s academic success and that by HS, DC would likely not need the extra supports, and to go private for 5-8. As it’s turned out, we’ve gotten aid and are able to stay in private, but our initial plan was to switch to public for HS. That’s just one example. We have friends who were zoned to a MS with real problems and went private for MS then back to public, because their public HS was good.

Just like their are folks who choose private for HS and aren’t gunning for HYP or T20 colleges to the utter disbelief of the typical private crowd, there are folks who go private for earlier grades and switch to public because that’s the better choice for their family, not because their kid or their private school were failures.

All of this. A lot if people do K-8 for the foundational years and intend from the beginning to do public. The original post is SO snotty.

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Anonymous wrote:Private during K-8 years is way more important than private during high school. For many kids, they intentionally want public high school. Most people think they have it figured out though by first applying to private for 9th grade. It is almost comical.

This is true for some and not true for some. You have to know what you are trying to get out of it and what your kid is like. It's not a black or white thing.

Read the book “Middle School Matters” or any other number of research articles—actually the research is pretty clear because there is brain maturity that happens in the middle years middle (10-14). Nothing is true of every kid, of course, but by and large investing in the foundational years if you have to choose is best

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Anonymous wrote:How did little Langley do? I know they have been having terrible results with since the new head of middle school came in and old HOS school left. People awfully quiet this year

Current Langley parent here of a younger child and this has me worried. Have results really been bad recently? We hear very little in the lower school about outplacement.

I am a LS parent but am close with a mom of an 8th grade grad from last year who said the results were good. Don’t have insight on this year though.

I'm also a LS parent and the "results were good" last year refers to the two kids that were basically the same kids that got into the top schools (multiple admits). So what about everyone else? I'm honestly a bit worried the direction things are trending and so are other parents here

Langley mom here. Most middle school parents know that last year’s graduates were a unique class… small, behavioral challenges and Covid wasn’t kind to them to boot. This year’s 8th grade did very well. It’s a great group of kids.

Langley graduate mom here w current 9th grader. 3 kids went to GDS, 2 to Holton, several to Landon, a few to Gonzaga, Maret, several turned down SSAES many to Bullis and FH this year. The grade did fine and what behavioral challenges are you referring too? Yes the grade was small but behavioral challenges? Let’s not mention alto of nonsense that happened in this years graduating class. Regardless I’m sure this class did very well

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Anonymous wrote:How did little Langley do? I know they have been having terrible results with since the new head of middle school came in and old HOS school left. People awfully quiet this year

Current Langley parent here of a younger child and this has me worried. Have results really been bad recently? We hear very little in the lower school about outplacement.

I am a LS parent but am close with a mom of an 8th grade grad from last year who said the results were good. Don’t have insight on this year though.

I'm also a LS parent and the "results were good" last year refers to the two kids that were basically the same kids that got into the top schools (multiple admits). So what about everyone else? I'm honestly a bit worried the direction things are trending and so are other parents here

Langley mom here. Most middle school parents know that last year’s graduates were a unique class… small, behavioral challenges and Covid wasn’t kind to them to boot. This year’s 8th grade did very well. It’s a great group of kids.

Current Langley parent here too. Every parent I talk to seems REALLY happy. Lots of admits to big names you see here.

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Anonymous wrote:If it weren't for the reference about distance, I would think Norwood. They did awful last year based on their own web page.

I really don't know what you're talking about. My child was an 8th grader at Norwood last year and they had a very good year. Multiple matriculations at all of the Big 3 (including GDS, which was very difficult last year), Holton, Georgetown Prep, Potomac, and Maret.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen the posts about. Should I go through a K8 or go to a K12… If you have a K12 option, do it you could always switch out. Our k8 had a terrible outcome this year.

What do you consider terrible outcomes?

Boarding school in Iran? Or....gasp, public charter?!?!?!

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Meh, if you choose a k-8 you run this risk. 9th admission is always the hardest year at any private school. The days of admission with a handshake or a call from ...are long gone.