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[quote=Anonymous]I have a good friend whose child goes to daycare with mine.  We have never been totally on the same page as far as parenting style, but it has never caused any issues.  As we get ready to transition to elementary school, however, we are going in total different directions and I feel like its causing friction that I don't know how to deal with.

Basically, when we purchased a house a few years back we targeted neighborhoods with schools we would be happy with.  We are not interested in private school, for both financial and philosophical reasons, and we didn't want to deal with the lottery stress or the commutes associated with charter schools.  We also like the idea of our kids being able to walk to school and have friends in the neighborhood.  We just found out that we got into our local pre-K and are very happy about it.

My friend, on the other hand, is obsessed with schools.  They do not like their local school and have gone to probably every open house (public, private, and charter) in NW DC.  They actually did get into a new charter school for PS last year but don't feel it's good enough so they want to switch for pre-K.  I think they will probably wind up in a private school or moving to the burbs.

Which is fine, to each their own.  I don't agree with their choice but it's not my business so I don't make any comments about it and try to be supportive.  She, however, takes every opportunity to criticize DCPS.  She has made it clear that would never even consider our school.  We are actually very happy about where we wound up and think it will be great for our child.

So how do I deal with this when she makes it clear that most DCPS (and esp. ours) would never be good enough for her child?  I never make any comments about private schools or moving to the burbs.  Any suggestions?[/quote]

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