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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO trying to wrangle a way into private school any way they can to keep up with the Joneses.[/quote]
What the hell does this even mean?  Apart from a select handful, it's really not that hard to get in private schools around here.[/quote]

Well, the PDS boosters seem to talk extensively about how many go to Sidwell etc.  Can't have it both ways..[/quote]

When I toured Sidwell for Pre-K, the staff told me that the school switches to a much more academic focus in 3rd grade.  There is nothing wrong with Sidwell from Pre-K to Second Grade but they admit that they are much more focused on emotional and social development in the early years.  This is not a criticism.  It is actually very positive and it is part of what makes Sidwell different from other schools.   Obviously, the kids selected for admission in Pre-K and Kindergarten are kids who will do well regardless when the focus shifts to more academics so it does not matter that the early years were more focused on social and emotional learning.  Some people don't want to spent $40K+ a year for those early years and would rather transfer in at later grades (3rd, 6th, 9th) when the difference in academics at Sidwell might (to some) be considered worth the extra cost.   [/quote]

We struggled with this notion at SFS, GDS and Beauvoir when we got in.

We also wanted to vet our children for ADHD Inattentive given family lineage and didn't feel any of the progressive, play-based non-academic schools would help do that until many years later than a parochial, public or more traditional private. In the meantime that is 3-5 years of not learning subject-matter so well. Fine with the soft stuff but so little of the hard stuff. [/quote]

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