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[quote=Anonymous]My son went back to his assigned MCPS school for 12th grade, after leaving in 9th during the Covid years and a stint abroad because of my husband's work. We too thought it would be best to have a non-virtual, US school experience, for college applications and as a transition to campus life.

Maybe it was indeed better than the alternatives, but it was also really HARD. He had had no issues with his 9th grade friends, but he did not reconnect with them in any meaningful way - they'd gone their separate ways. His math teacher took exception to the way he'd been taught math (curriculums didn't quite match) and DS had difficulty advocating for himself, which led to friction all year, despite the counselor's intervention.

DS found the college admissions process massively stressful, so I'm not sure that year would have gone well in any setting. He had a much better year as a college freshman!

So I don't know whether your kid will reconnect with his peer group, and whether he'll adjust to an in-person experience. What I can say is that this is going to be a transition year regardless, and you need to be there for him and support him as much as you can. It might be a shitty year, but if he can hoist himself into a decent college, it will be worth it. And he really start afresh in college!

Best of luck.
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