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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Country Day is an expensive, mediocre alternative. But if I were facing J-H, I'd find the $30,000 tuition somewhere.[/quote]

As an education expert who looked at Alexandria Country Day for her own children, I have to disagree with your characterization of the school as "mediocre."  Pedagogically, they are very strong, and there is no other private in Alexandria  that is as good at differentiation.

We chose not to attend for other reasons, but if we had decided to go private, we would have chosen ACDS.  [/quote]

Interesting. As a parent who researched the Alexandria privates I found ACDS to be the one who lacked any clear understanding of the type of education they were offering. It seemed like a public school with a private school label.  The Country Day is supposed to imply a progressive type attitude but the school is more traditional but not traditional in the way Grace Episcopal or Immanuel  Lutheran are.  It seems they just have a mix and it depends on what teacher is assigned and what teaching style they have.  [/quote]

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