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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this should go without saying, but... go visit. Ask if you can observe in the classroom. Ask for names and contact info for current parents. Attend a parent event and chat with as many people as you can. In my experience people are generally honest about what they do and don't like.

Burgundy is a small school. It is unique in many ways, and not everyone's cup of tea. Some people will hate the very things others love. (Mixed age classes! Calling teachers by first names! Etc.)

Also, some teachers have been there forever, but others turn over every few years. Unsurprisingly, there will be parents who say "oh yes my kid went there and it was horrible" and other parents who will says "oh it was great." But a bad (or good) experience some other family had five or ten years ago has zero relevance to whether you and your child would like the place a year from now.[/quote]

Completely agree. We are about to send our child there and searched high and low for feedback before making this decision. Overwhelmingly the feedback we got was positive. I heard very few negative things - even from parents who had left - and I was looking for a reason to not like the school given the tuition. Outside of DCUM posts I was hard pressed to find anything that was negative enough to not send my child there. But of course that's all linked to the type of school we are looking for...certainly, experiences could be much more negative if you are not looking for their particular model of instruction for example, or it's not a good fit for your child. So I would go and visit and ask all the questions. I found the school to be very open and transparent (as far as I could tell).  [/quote]

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