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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would and am.  MCPS is not what it was 20 years ago.  Private schools give a value add for your kids that public does not--smaller classes, better sports, superior food, a better network, far superior facilities.  [/quote]

I’ve got no problem with the contention that private schools offer something public ones do not.

But the whole “decline” narrative — does this actually mean anything at all other than MCPS schools are more diverse than they were a generation ago?[/quote]

Why is diverse better?  I have no problem with my kids being with a bunch a mostly smart and mostly very wealthy kids.

I’m well off. Virtually my entire peer group is well educated and wealthy. Why would I want my kids to have a lesser peer group?[/quote]

Are you not concerned about your kids growing up with a sense of entitlement? A feeling that they're better than everyone else or don't have to play by the rules? Because to me, that is an unsavory (potential) outcome of always being surrounded by others with wealth and connections. [/quote]

Dp. You've been drinking the kool-aid if you think successful people don't play by the rules.  Studies show rule following is correlatee with success.  The people who i see breaking the rules, looting our stores and breaking the social rules of quiet neighborhoods,  etc are not wealthy people.[/quote]

Way more kids from Wheaton of Kennedy High School end up convicted of a felony than kids from Georgetown Prep or St. Albans...smarter and richer kids are less likely to be criminals statistically.[/quote]

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