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[quote=Anonymous]Personally, I think it is worth trying Wyngate.  For one of our kids it has worked out great. That said, we are likely heading to a small private school next year and on the pro/con list for DH I did list being able to understand the grades and curriculum as a plus for the other school!

I don't think 2.0 is awful but I think there are growing pains.  In our situation one child is possibly GT/LD so navigating the support in public school, in a bigger environment, in the midst of a curriculum change where assessments and plans for enrichment were being developed post rollout...it's way too many moving pieces.   Also, there is no aftercare offered at Wyngate so this limits the after school activities that my kids can do.  I like the idea of my kids having the opportunity to participate in basketball,running, art enrichment etc. especially in upper elementary.  We could have figured out something but I do like the total package, one stop shopping of having everything one place at the school.

I think someone on another board in a different post said its better to make the free mistakes first.  Why pay 20K to find out your child could have done as well going to the free school?  I do believe the teachers are very strong at Wyngate and the kids on the whole do very well academically. As we are preparing to spend at least $150,000 over the next 7 years ( not including high school), I can say that we tried public school. We could in theory make it work but it would take a lot to get there for reasons that have to do specifically with challenges our child has and our situation ( no family support in the area, both work full time, no background in LD or navigating MCPS nor family that knows the system) and just when we probably would get it working right by likely 5th grade, we would need to start all over in middle school with more teachers.

Good luck with your decision.[/quote]

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