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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for your insight.  I am hoping to transition my kids back to public (Wilson) or closer in private like St. Johns for high school.  I just feel that my twins need to be in an environment where they can get more support for middle school but not feel like they are "special" which they are not and may tracked into at Deal Middle.  I am glad you mentioned the weak athletic program at McLean as my kids are very sports centered, both swim competitively and play on their current schools boys and girls basketball teams which are competitive teams.  They are outgoing socially and will likely not want to remain for high school if there are limited social outlets and sports is not strong.

I have  not heard good things about Siena and the facilities do not seem grat and for all the mony  you will spend, I want nice facilities.  Kingsbury', while it is the closest in proximity, the tuition would be cost prohibitive for two and I am not sure my outgoing twins would like that envronment.  I would consider Bullis for HS.  Two of the girls on the twins'in the twins summer swim club attend the MS and HS there and seem happy.

My gut feeling, with no hard evidence, is that the new Head at McLean coming from Sidwell will enhance the schools visibility and reputation and as a result increase the interest and enrollment in the school.  He will probably assess the school heads in the lower, middle and upper to determine if they fit his vision of where he and the board want to take the school, I presume, to the next level.  At least that is how it works in a corporate environment and I am sure the private school environment is very competitive although more insular.  
Does anyone have a different opinion?  Interesyted in your thoughts.[/quote]

In our experience with a new head of school coming in, usually a new head takes about a year to decide on a strategy and then starts making changes the following year. That would mean your kids would spend 2 years in a transition phase of the school. Things just don't move all that qucikly in private schools.

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