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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think all the previous anecdote really says is different kids thrive in different environments.  But there isn't anything inherently better about private versus public schools.  Both have their advantages and pitfalls.  There are really really phenomenal private schools and really phenomenal public schools and mediocre schools of both types.

If your high school is Wilson, there are plenty of kids from Lafayette, Murch, Janney, etc. who go to private middle and/or high school.  If you are on the fence about spending huge sums of money in the early grades when you have a great public school nearby just for a guaranteed slot in high school, well that seems kind of silly.  Who knows if your kid will thrive in that environment by that time anyway?  So many things change by that time.[/quote]

This is true, I think; neither public nor private schools are inherently better for every kid. We live in a MCPS area that is not JKLM quality, and we have a shy kid with a learning disability, so private has turned out to be better for our DC. The additional recess, PE, music, art and science have been important too. (I think DCPS kids may get more of those than MCPS kids.)

If our child were different, we might have opted for public school. If we lived in a JKLM district we certainly might have.

One thing I have noticed about friends with children in MCPS is that they are increasingly anxious about their kids' school lives as the kids get older and things like HGCs and magnets come into play. In our particular MCPS it seems like a lot of kids trickle out to those programs, or switch to private school later. My friends worry about the social impact on their kids if they don't get selected for those programs. [/quote]

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