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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. Wondering if any of the 3 PPs had their kids there in MS? Mine is there now, and we are debating best route for HS.

DC doesn't like the small size because it severely limits social opportunities, but I remain hopeful that the HS class size doubling would be helpful.[/quote]

NP. Our kid was a lifer at Sheridan, so one class per grade. When it came time to apply for high school, we (parents) had Burke at the top of our list, but our kid knew that he wanted bigger and chose a school with 90-100 per grade.  The size definitely helps for social opportunities, and he found  a nice circle of friends. That could have happened with a class size of 60 at Burke, but we will never know.  I really do think it is cohort dependent, and there is no way of knowing that in advance.  
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+1. I don't think 60 is that different from 80-90, in terms of how it feels on a daily basis. And once you move into the high school division, there is a lot of intermingling among the grades. In math, foreign language, arts, etc., you're going to have people from the grades above and below with you too, so the social "pool" is going to expand in multiple ways. [/quote]

Thanks! That is all helpful and definitely good to keep in mind. All of this always feels like such a big decision :)[/quote]

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