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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had my child at a "mega" school that is now a small school (ASFS) and I completely agree with the above poster.  The area around Innovation/ASFS has a lot of apartments/state department folks, so it was very transient, and most of my kids knew very few kids in their class year to year.  They made it a point to move kids around a lot so that it would be better socially for them -- that way there aren't any pre-existing cliques for the kids that are new or don't know many kids.  Either way, it ended up with my eldest going through elementary with 1-2 close friends (from our neighborhood) and [b]30+ acquaintances[/b].  She is fine and really thrived in that situation, but I can see it not being a good fit for some kids.  Now ASFS is so much smaller, I didn't realize how much nicer a small school is.  Even with COVID, I feel like there's more one on one attention.  [/quote]

Yes, this is very true at these big schools and I've heard the same from other parents who think the same.  A couple of good friends if they're lucky and those are often neighborhood or parent based and then a lot of kids they just know.[/quote]

Is that a problem?  I think it's great to have one or two really good friends v. maybe not so close/quality relationships with a bunch of kids.[/quote]

I am the poster who replied.  I think you missed the "if they're lucky".  My kid wasn't really.  I would say he went into middle school without a solid close friend.  He just knew a bunch of people.  The one really good friend he made moved away at some point.  He's actually done really well in middle school socially, so it's not the end of the world.  But he did not have the "childhood best friend" experience that I had and I worried about it at the time and sometimes felt worried for him.

But no, ultimately I guess it wasn't a problem.[/quote]

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