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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all, title says most of it. Our family is moving to the area and need to find a school with rolling admissions. Background on us - kids come from private prep schools in Pennsylvania that are small and nurturing and have excellent academics with manageable homework (minimal for the middle schooler and about 1.5-2 hours depending on the night, for the High Schooler (this varies depending on how hard or easy the work is for him). We liked the progressive environment. The school was small enough for excellent student support and strong academics without punishing schedules or homework loads. That was great. Seems to be a number of schools in DC that offer similar but we are late in the year for admissions, and most of the larger private schools are also just, well, shockingly expensive! we are trying to see if we can make some changes to afford it, but paying 60k per year times two for tuition is somewhere between deeply inadvisable and financially impossible for us, as we see it.

DC1 is 16 and going into 11th. 16 YO with some social anxiety and mild ADD who does great in the current environment (straight A's, including in rigorous classes) with structure and support, without meds. We would love to find a school that helps with that. DC1 is 12 and will be going into 7th. Younger kid is straight A student and makes friends easily - she'll probably thrive about anywhere, but we do like the smaller, progressive prep school environment.

Sandy Springs looks lovely, but we heard that it almost closed and reading the stories is somewhat alarming. Can a current parent or parent of recent grad weigh in? What's the vibe of the school? How much homework? What is your kid "like?" how is the parent culture? What are the students "like?" (by this I mean, they're generally kind, the atmosphere is inclusive, or there are lots of cliques and it would be hard for a socially awkward new kid to navigate the culture). DC1 is personable and participates a lot in class, but he does have social anxiety that is generally well-managed but we know this will be a challenge for him to navigate. (we'll be getting him some counseling to help with the adjustment).

Open to hearing about other schools. we'll be in DC; in the NE part of the city. [/quote]

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