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[quote=Anonymous]We were lifers at one school for one kid, and then other kid left the same school after 8th to move to another PK-12 school that in her particular class and sport was a better fit socially/athletically.  I would say that perhaps 10-15% of kids that were already at the school left for one reason or another (other than people moving away). Most common was academic mismatch, really almost impossible to have kids come in at PK or K and know that they will be academically a good fit by the time later LS, or MS or US academic demands arrive. Some kids had mild LDs that were only diagnosed later than PK/K and moved to schools such as Lab, or less academically-intense schools. Other kids had social/emotional mismatches with a particular class, or perhaps with the culture of the school.  Finally, occasional kids would leave for athletics particularly after MS (to go to a school that actually had a particular team not offered at the first school, or a much more competitive program for a sport like basketball or lacrosse where huge differences in the level of high school play between the different independent schools).  Finally some kids went off to public school due to choice or financial issues in the family (particularly 2008-2010!).  But seeing this over the course of 15 years at two different schools within the GDS/Sidwell/Maret/NCS-StA/Holton cohort, this level of attrition seemed pretty similar at all the schools, and the schools were supportive of kids moving from one to the other. [/quote]

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