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[quote=Anonymous]If you really want the answers to these questions, you need to visit the schools and ask questions. No one on here can speak authoritatively about more than one or two of the schools, and anyone who claims to speak objectively probably does not have personal experience with the schools.

Or you can not do the research and assume that any of the schools in upper NW will be fine for your kid(s). That's what we did when we bought, and we ended up very happy at Murch. But I think we would have been very happy at Lafayette, Janney, Eaton, or Hearst, too. In the grand scheme of things, the differences are pretty small.

About Murch, specifically, I can tell you that the student body is huge (as big as Janney and projected to be bigger than Lafayette soon) and the facility is the worst of all of the upper NW schools; it's scheduled for an 18-24 month renovation starting in June 2016, which will likely be pretty disruptive. The principal is great--he definitely uses the autonomous thing to his advantage--as is the teaching staff. Class sizes are generally good--low 20s this year, with a few grades right at 20. In-class differentiation has been strong, in my experience (but this is truly in the eye of the beholder). The school is particularly diverse by Upper NW standards--in terms of race, ethnicity, nationality, and socioeconomic status.[/quote]

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