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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to love our title 1 Elementary but when my kid switched to a 10/10 GS school it was eye opening.
The biggest difference was that he found more and closer friends (at the old school kids were into sports and not that many nerds) and actually started getting invites to bd parties (there weren’t any at The old school)
More afterschool activities
More field trips
Faster paced and more thorough instruction 
Less accent on perfect behavior

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This. This going to sound kinda mean but at my kid’s old school, which was really poor,  (in a different state, we are in fcps now) had the things that UMC/MC kids do for fun in that area. None of them had lake houses, pools, beach houses, etc. The kids couldn’t really afford to go the movies often, go out to eat, or go to the trampoline park. For my oldest who was in high school, the differences were astounding. The kids worked constantly at their jobs year-round, and thus were barely around to socialize outside of school. On sports teams (there was no lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, water polo) there was the same issue. Kids constantly asking to leave practice really because they had work. Some sports really struggled. One year there were 4 kids on the swim team (and there would’ve been less if our school didn’t have a pool onsite). There were 3 kids on the golf team. Very little homework assigned because kids would protest. You could bring in tissue boxes or school supplies for monthly extra credit. At the middle school level, the kids did 2 class field trips total in three years; that was it (an amusement park trip which tons of kids couldn’t afford to go on + a local pro orchestra). Other than that, zilch. [/quote]

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