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[quote=Anonymous]I am the person who posted about KG on one of the first few threads. I forgot to mention something we love which another poster brought up-cultural diversity. Every year so far the class has been composed of kids from all different ethnic backgrounds some of whom were born in other countries. You don't find as much economic diversity, but it is not all rich kids at all. For the record I have met several people from small towns in the Midwest, etc and they seem quite happy in McLean. I have met Tigermoms from various DC metro areas, not just McLean. I just avoid them.

Re:french immersion. I agree that it's not shoved down your throat. The kids all get some exposure to French-even non-immersion. I did find it funny and a tad annoying when a French teacher sent home a paper with a comment suggesting we work more with out child on some area of French vocab. Neither my husband nor I took French and we'd prefer a choice of languages, but it's not a big deal.

Springfield has many perks, but commuting is miserable. There is a good bus system you can use to get into DC, but it takes a while. There is more economic diversity in Springfield, but we also found more narrow-mindedness regarding diversity.

Re:dyslexia. Have several friends dealing with IEPs for dyslexia at schools other than KG and regardless of the school or county the consensus is, you need to supplement with some outside services too. There are lots of great summer and after school programs as well as tutors. My older child has an IEP at KG for other issues and there are some excellent seasoned special ed teachers and IAs who have been there a while. There is also a bit of turnover, but I think that happens anywhere. KG definitely tunes into reading issues and they screen and offer supports, summer school, etc, but I cannot speak to the quality of dyslexia services.

Let us know what you decide OP! Good luck![/quote]

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