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[quote=Anonymous]    From your description, at this point it isn't clear that your child needs really an accelerated academic program but maybe just better teaching /interesting work to get engaged.   I suspect Md privates can do that, but I would not expect the cohorts to be any stronger academically than the range you would find in a good public district -- and maybe a bit less on the high end because at that age there are the future magnet kids still in MCPS elementary schools I assume and a bit less on the low end because privates don't need to accept children with severe challenges.  Real academics in Md privates can ratchet up a bit in middle school because they can start tracking more (high school level full year languages vs. half year at a time, accelerated math or not, etc.), and the small class size means more writing, more projects, etc. -- parents of kids transferring from MCSP middle schools often tell me that their child was cruising through middle school without any effort.   If you child's real issue is boredom because he/she is really smart and self-motivated, no private will do the trick at that age but could get DC situated to be accelerated sooner if not otherwise in a magnet program. It sounds like, however, you can't know that until your child reengages with school.  [/quote]

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