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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Janney is on par with a big 3 private. Yes it is officially 'crowded with 24 students in a classroom for 4th and 5th grade. But anyone who goes there knows that there is rarely a day when at least 2 or 3 kids aren't absent and many of the classes have a student teacher assisting. [b]Shhhh-it's Sidwell/GDS but free.[/b] Plus bonus, your kid can easily get into those schools after 6th grade, if that's what you want--but Deal is equally awesome.[/quote]

I think that Janney and the other JKLMM schools are excellent schools, but they are not on par with "big-3" schools (Beauvoir/GDS/Sidwell) at least at the K level. The teacher:student ratio and general class sizes are better at privates. GDS has a 10:1 student:teacher ratio (two teachers, not a teacher plus an aide or two) with the average K class at 20. There is a dedicated playground for K-2 grade (1-1.5 hours of daily outdoor play), plus PE four days a week, M-TH. They have dedicated teachers who specialize in science, music, reading, and math, and who teach the K class on a weekly or bi-weekly basis; there are also weekly visits in groups of 10 to the library.

I know that the price tag for private school education is steep and controversial, but you do get more individualized attention, smaller classes, more appropriate gross motor play, and other benefits by going the private school route. For some, the $30K price tag is not worth the curriculum, but for others it is.[/quote]

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