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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd wait until high school.  Part of the reason is that our private elementary education in a progressive DC school was nothing all that special.  My kids' high school though is [b]an incredible place where the teachers really have time to work with them due to the small class sizes, especially in writing. [/b] Also, their high school had many new kids come in from all types of public and private schools, which makes it a nice starting point.

The only exceptions is that one of my three kids had learning differences.  For that DC, private elementary was more important.

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+1 If we had to do it all over again, I would only do private for HS. Everyone always talks about instilling a "love for learning" as the reason to do private for elementary but I never really saw that. Plenty of kids came in from public and were better students and truly loved learning than the kids that had been lifers. I believe that kids either love being students or they don't.

What private HS does do is give them opportunities to be part of many things that are difficult in a competitive public HS. Most kids in private can be part of team, not the case in public were  only the best athletes can participate. Great trips, sponsored by the school, Model UN, arts opportunities are much more available which gives all students a chance to find a passion they may not know they had. In public, everything is so competitive to participate in so it doesn't always allow that exploration. My DC only found their niche in HS as to what their passion was.

The writing opportunities are also much greater in private. A private teacher has the time to work with students to improve writing. Not the case in public. We do have one in public HS now which is why I can compare. The 3rd did not have a school they truly liked so public it was. Overall, it has been a good experience especially for science classes but we do miss the more one on one experience that private provides.[/quote]

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