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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -- great answers. I think that part of it is that I don't have a strong educational philosophy myself and believe in collective wisdom more than my own first impressions. So, which do people like better, Ludlow Taylor or Appletree? Those are my only 2 remaining choices as I need something in stroller-distance from my house.[/quote]

After visiting both LT and AT (including 2 Appletree campuses), I had a very strong preference for LT because of the incredibly easy access to the outdoor playground (which means they spend a lot more time outdoors), the abundance of extracurriculars (around 4 hours of arts classes a week plus PE plus two library sessions a week in addition to the arts-based curriculum), knowledge that all 3 PS teachers were quite good so it didn't matter which class we ended up in, and the less aggressive approach to reading (although my kid went from not recognizing all the letters of the alphabet when he started less than 5 months ago to nearly reading now, so LT isn't unaggressive either).

Others like AT more because they like the differentiation/greater focus on academics. Each to their own![/quote]

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