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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can afford private and am open to it but have chosen to keep my kids in W cluster public. I love our neighborhood and my kids have tons of friends who share their school experience, activities, sports. It would be hard to take them away from that. Each kid has found programs in public that support their interests--arts, sports, stem. My impression of many local privates over the years is that they have been havens for kids who needed more support than public can give, whether for social, emotional, or behavioral reasons, or post covid learning loss or smaller class sizes generally. I'm all for those resources if a kid needs but it has made private generally seem less desirable.[b] I'm also concerned that most privates would be too small and stifling for my kids[/b].[/quote]
yea, my kids would hate the small peer groups.[/quote]

Especially if your kids are behind academically and socially due to COVID public school closures. A smaller environment of highly educated, socially adept and more cultured peers would be intimidating and may affect your public school kid’s ability to adjust. [/quote]
lol.. my kids are probably ahead socially since they have to deal with the large public and all sorts of diverse kids.

As for academics, my kid was in a magnet (just graduated), 1580 SAT, 5s on all APs, 4.95 uwgpa, 4.0 wgpa, passed the UMD MVC exam easily.  I think my kid is pretty advanced academically  :wink:

And what the heck is "cultured peers" for teenagers?   You don't think private school kids are all on tiktok watching stupid videos?  You think private school kids are watching PBS documentaries?  GMFAB.[/quote]

Congrats on your child’s stellar academic accomplishments; however, you do realize that wealthy people go to private schools for experiences that are beyond academic, which has already been explained ad nauseum. Your child thrived in spite of, not because of the public school he attended.  Given the grade inflation in MCPS I would not brag on his GPA.  And to be honest, he probably would have received an even higher SAT score had he attended private school.  But anyhoo, go UMD,  I guess?[/quote]

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