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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the private school NMSF numbers combined might equal the TJ numbers of NMSF. Go public magnets, wish we lived in a school district that had such programs.[/quote]

Not everyone lives in a place that has a public magnet. In DC, if you want that kind of experience, the independent schools are closer to it than the public or charter schools.[/quote]

Closer, yes.  But still off by a ton.  So interesting though, I think these schools really conceive of themselves of being academically at the top.[/quote]

What do you mean by “conceive of themselves”?  Our kids have been at multiple of the so-called “big 3” and I have never heard anything from the school indicating that they assess or consider themselves as being at the “top” of anything.  There is actually very little, if any,  comparison to other schools, public or private, other than in connection with collaboration or seeking information on best practices or information gathering to be used for considering programmatic changes. Never, though have I heard any inkling of the schools placing themselves in any hierarchy or at the top with respect to any other institution. I am not sure what you mean by this or what it is based on.[/quote]

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