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[quote=Anonymous]My back-of-the-envelope math tells me that my rising 6th grader will be able to pick from about 5 different more or less promising middle school choices in the course of this spring and summer. Of course, I'm doing my share of open houses and occasionally invite my child along. But I'm finding this to be of little value. Schools all have their very own routines and few are able to properly describe a school day, much less provide meaningful curricular information. Rarely does a classroom tour do much to help me (or my child) understand exactly how teaching takes place. The traditionally more sought after schools - to some degree understandably so - do an even poorer job than the schools that are eager to attract parents. So I'm turning to collective wisdom (!) to better train my eye and senses:

Those with children currently in 6th grade or up and reasonably confident that they've make the right choice, what did you base your decision on? How did you determine the "right" choice? Was sending your child to spend a day at the school useful, and if so in what way?[/quote]

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