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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: thanks, everyone. The teachers said she'd do fine anywhere. But after talking to some parents, I'm a little concerned about public. For example, she's shy so she's not going to act up. I heard some classes (not K, but first, and up) have like 28 kids. Since she's not the type to speak up or act up, I can see her getting a little lost or ignored. Also, she's starting to read already and is pretty good at basic arithmetic, [b]so I feel like her K year won't be much of a change [/b](already in full-day preschool). On the other hand, it will be a bit of a stretch financially. I had thought about doing private for the first few years, then going to public in say 3rd or 4th grade, but that has a whole other set of issues (friendships, etc.)[/quote]

MCPS K is generally more rigorous than private Ks (depends on the private school of course).  Many privates are still play based for K and teaching pre reading rather than reading.  The private approach worked for my kids, but definitely don't assume that private schools are going to be more advanced.[/quote]

I agree with this.  And one reason I picked a private over public (for my kid).  I didn't want him getting homework, and wanted him to be able to learn at his own pace.  But one possible advantage to private is the ability to offer more differentiated instruction.  There were kids who could read when my son started kindergarten.  He didn't start truly reading until closer to Christmas.  The teacher can accommodate that difference in abilities pretty easily because it's a smaller class.  [/quote]

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