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[quote=Anonymous]Looking back, both our kids could have really benefited from private. Our youngest is at one now and it is perfect for him. He has extenuating circumstances and ended up in private by random luck in many ways. However it has been awesome.

Our kids were also in the honors track but over in FCPS. There are plenty of not so great kids in honors and a few in private too but definitely less. As far as class rigor, our youngest said the regular classes in private are more challenging than the honors in public and this is not a top 3 school. Most privates have AP offerings too so there is plenty of rigor.

If you're on the fence, I would let him know that you hear what he's saying but that you would really like him to pick up to 3-4 schools to visit/shadow early next fall (figure out your willingness to drive/bus stops etc before he selects).  Ask him to have an open mind and to remember that in private there are many new kids arriving in 9th so it's not like everyone has already been together forever.  See if he can visit some honors level classes so he can see what they're teaching. Have him look at their course catalogs and see what interests him.

Then ask him to apply to a few and see what happens and to again keep an open mind and do all the visits etc if he gets accepted - maybe it will all be clearer to you both once it's all said and done.  Good luck!  He sounds like a good, smart kid who will thrive wherever he lands.[/quote]

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