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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds lie a waste whenyou can get just as good of an education at a public school.  Look at their classmates in college, how many went private vs public?  If you do well, you are going to go where you want to go for college[/quote]

Agree, unless you live in DC in any other DC ward,but Ward3 . Not sure why people who live in MOCo or FF county would choose private, unless they are an alum and want DC to go to their school or want the [b]diversity that DC privates offer.[[/b]/quote]

Is this a joke?????  My kids are in FCPS.  THeir classes are very diverse (all different races and ethnicities -- as well as socio-economic diversity).  From what I saw of the DC privates in looking around, they are not really diverse.[/quote]

Not OP, but I don't think this is a joke.  I would ask you how diverse are your kids' friends and how many of these different races and ethnicities and socio-economic groups do your kids count among their friends who are invited to parties and social gatherings?  Based on my experience, even though the public schools tend to be more diverse, they don't appear to be more integrated. So the kids break down largely along racial lines and there appears to be very little interaction among the diverse groups of kids (even notice this at my bus stop in the morning in my very diverse neighborhood and school district). My kids on the other hand have meaningful friendships with a very diverse group of kids from their respective privates.[/quote]

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