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Reply to "If you are wealthy would you send your kids to a W school over private?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most wealthy( 10 million + net worth) people I know in Bethesda already send their kids to private school.[/quote] There was definitely a move to private during Covid. But I think things have settled back to normal. If you live in the Whitman district, it tends be the very wealthy and the special needs that go private. Smart, healthy, sporty kids tend to go public.[/quote] There are 2000 kids at Whitman, you would describe them all as smart, healthy, and sporty and their neighbors in private schools as special needs kids? Given that most privates don't accept kids with special needs and the public school has to take everyone, this seems odd.[/quote] Some posters like to say private schools are for really rich or SN kids because it’s their way of arguing that private schools only work for kids who can’t handle public schools or rich people who want to escape the poors. [b]It’s their way of dismissing private schools.[/quote][/b] Yep - this. It makes them feel better about their decision to go public. I can tell you for certain, there is not a SINGLE special needs kid at my daughter's private school and quite a number of students came from MCPS. They transferred because they weren't challenged or there were significant behavior issues at their former schools.[/quote] I can't believe that's true. My child is at a Big 3 and there are definitely a couple kids who very obviously have some learning and social challenges and there's even a learning office where kids who need special help get help. Our school has mentioned there are kids with dyslexia as an example. There are many more than 2 kids who are quirky/shy or who had social issues at their large public. I have no idea if anyone has an official special needs diagnosis, maybe not, but many of DC's friends and classmates had needs beyond what a public school could offer. I don't know why you seem so defensive about that. There are kids who want more academic challenge and or come from rough schools but I'm pretty sure that does not comprise the majority as most of the MCPS transplants we know are from the W schools which have plenty of challenge and are really nice places. [/quote]
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