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[quote=Anonymous]Was it hard to make lifelong friends, switching to private school from public school at these junctures?

I am myself of a parent who attended public school K-6 and then switched to a big three school at middle school.

While, it was not difficult to make friends, I found it nearly impossible to build friendships with most of the people who had been together since kindergarten (“lifers”) at that school once I got there.

Many of those lifers are still close friends today, in our early 40s, and I admire their closeness.

When I compare this to myself, who has no lasting friendships from high school (though I do from a summer program abroad), it makes me wonder whether to give my kids the “lifer” experience for the opportunity to build lifelong friendships.

My closest friends are from college and work experiences. FWIW, my brother (in his late 30s) also attended public and then a private MS & HS, and though he was very popular at all phases of his schooling and maintains many close friends from college, he held onto no friendships from his K-12 schooling years, either, though he does from EC sports teams during HS.

I have two toddlers and am trying to weigh whether sending them to public for K-5, knowing I would like to send them to private middle and high school for several reasons, is a good idea.

I like the idea of sending them to public ES for the benefit of attending a community school that’s near our house, being able to have play dates with neighbors’ kids after school, and because our local public is excellent and our neighbors love it.

Grateful for others to weigh in! [/quote]

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