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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a biased against public schools because I grew up in a place where the public schools were awful and where everyone went to very competitive privates as a result. I went to what is largely considered one of the great private schools in the country. That said, I now live in MD with what everyone says are great public schools. I applied to privates and got my son in but am now thinking that perhaps I should have considered public more openly. My basic question is not a public vs private one but how can you ever really tell what the school is good at and compare it to what another school is good at? It seems so hard to really tell what is going on in the schools and then compare year to year when you only have access to one school year at a time. How have others figured out what is best for their dc in this regard? I have an extremely bright Kindergartener but one who is probably not a self starter, if that helps.[/quote]

Rule of thumb.  If the high school is west of 270 its pretty good/great.  If its east of 270 you are in trouble.[/quote]

Well, that eliminates any school inside the beltway.

OP, look at test scores, talk to neighbors, visit the school yourself.  Observe in the kindergarten/first grade classrooms.  What is the vibe?  Are the kids engaged?  What are the teachers like?  How long have they been there?  Are they experienced?  Are the kids engaged, absorbed, active, and under control? What do the classrooms look like?  What do the hallways look like?  Talk to the principal.  Ask on the neighborhood listserv.[/quote]

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