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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15:06 here.  So if the kids are going private (like you I've heard back things about CPA), are they just entering pre-existing K-8 peer groups for their grades 6-8 years?  I wonder how that goes.  It just seems hard, when most of the other kids in your 6th grade class have known each other since kindergarten.  Or are there 6-8 private schools I'm overlooking?  Thanks for the suggestions and feedback![/quote]

Yes. Many of the K-8s expand at 6th grade because of the influx from parents who are willing to go with the neighborhood school but aren't willing to stick out middle school in PGCPS. The Catholic school in our neighborhood adds something like 10 seats at 6th grade according to our neighbors who switched their child to it in 6th to avoid non-TAG at Greenbelt Middle. Many of the private schools use either 6th or 7th (or both) as expansion years. My daughter is at Holton and they add a full class (15 seats) at 6th grade and I think perhaps another full class at 7th. So the kids entering these schools then are really not the only outsider or new kid - they come in with a cohort of new kids and I think groups shift. [/quote]

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