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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hard to say until you go on tours and have more information as to what feels like it may be a fit for your child and family. There isn't as much difference between "TT" and "2T," as you may be led to believe here, especially in the elementary years. And anyone who is "horrified" by the well-regarded public schools in the city doesn't have an opinion worth considering. Also, don't rule out the private K-8s . . . it's a great model, particularly for middle school.[/quote]

Tell me about it... maybe horrified is too strong a word, but they seem to generally feel that private overall is higher quality than public. [/quote]

We sent kid/s in 9th to Big 3/5 TT DC privates from …. gasp … public school ES and MS.  To the surprise of no one, child is near top of class and no problem with transition.  Glad we made the decisions we did and child really challenged in high school in a way the public school peers are not.  BUT, the idea that the private school elite elementary school kids have some advantage (academically) was not our l experience.   Our little neighborhood school was filled with enough HYPSM types and rich folks to satisfy us that their peer group from the neighborhood wasn’t exactly pulling them down.

Generally our experience was that kids who got sent to private from our local neighborhood cohort had some sort of learning issue that prevented them from doing well in a regular classroom.  And I don’t mean necessarily a formal diagnosis.  Just that both they and their parents needed some hand holding.

I think you’ll find at particularly 2T privates it’s a lot of kids from sucky neighborhood schools (aka their parents couldn’t afford your TT neighborhood school and private was cheaper) who needed an out; kids with problems at their excellent public school who needed an out; and religious types who are true believers.   Our child was surrounded by bright enthusiastic peers and a good system and accomplished the learning they needed to and love of school we wanted at that age. [/quote]

You are writing about DC. NYC is very different. My child went to a very good public in NYC then switched to a 2T private. There were plenty of very bright, well-adjusted kids from very successful families who had been at the private since K. And some of the types of kids you mentioned. I'm glad we made the choice we did but I could see why other families chose differently.[/quote]

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