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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Woodacres is charming but its hard to be a bad elementary school as most little kids are harmless. They don't turn to snots until later closer to middle school.

It really depends on what type of challenges you want to expose your kid to and when. They will never learn to swim without being thrown into the pool. Most kids learn to get by, some become champions and a few drown. You can control exposures and gain access to more opportunities in a cluster like Whitman's but that creates different types of problems. Knowing your kid and your style of teaching is more relevant than a school measuring stick.

I always say the difference in ceilings between outcomes for strong kids from good family's is negligible between most schools with exceptions only at the extremes on both sides of the spectrum in terms of quality, what is different is the floor for so-so kids or even disappointing kids. With chaos there are distractions and risks without as many safety nets or resources to compensate due to so many that need them so exponentiality more fall though the cracks.  I personally know a  family with a freshman at Whitman struggling, that stood out in the crowd and the principle personally called a meeting with the parents and teachers for a proactive plan. Just one example [/quote]

Which school do your kids attend ?[/quote]

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