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[quote=Anonymous]Small classes, responsive administration, not having to deal with discipline issues and lockdowns, and curriculum flexibility. College counselors and teachers who really know my kid, real college preparedness vs emphasis on the AP arms race and inflated GPAs, and opportunities to play their sport of choice. We sent our kids to public for elementary and were disappointed with the overcrowding, constant disruptions in the classroom (DD had a kid one year who routinely threw chairs/objects and they had to “lockdown” the classroom), teaching to the lowest common denominator, maddening school calendars with random days off and half days/snow days for rain, and a transient and disengaged community. Yes there were some great teachers in the mix, but so often they had their hands tied because of mcps policies and curriculum. We’d moved to MD to send our kids to one of the “top” school clusters and were wildly unimpressed so we made some lifestyle changes that allow us to send our kids to private and we’ve never looked back. All privates and all public schools are not alike and there are pros and cons at each but overall the private school environment is one that makes the best sense for our family. [/quote]
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