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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just ask people in the neighborhood OP. You’ll get better results than here.[/quote]

No, the neighborhood is full of boosters. I worry people who have had bad experiences won't say a word because they are afraid of backlash. [/quote]

Maybe it’s because most of the neighbors who send their kids to EH are pretty content with it? I know I am. The only kids I know of that left before 8th had very specific reasons. [/quote]

No. NP here with a kid at Maury. I don’t talk middle school with other kids’ parents because the pro-EH narrative is so rabid and deciding EH isn’t for your kid is coded as racist/classist/being a bad neighbor. Our decision that it’s not right for our kid is being kept under wraps. Ridiculous it comes to this.[/quote]

This is so crazy to me. why would people sacrifice their child's education just because the parent (not the child!) is experiencing peer pressure?[/quote]

No one sacrifices in this way. Most people know that just because someone calls them racist/classist/being a bad neighbor doesn't mean that it's true.[/quote]

It’s also a lot less common than people claim. I don’t think I ever heard anyone say this type of thing in my whole time on the Hill. I heard about people saying it but never heard it. [/quote]

+1. Everyone I know would just say "you need to make the best decision for your kid."[/quote]

For some families, EH really is the best decision. People who claim that there is nothing redeeming at all about the school don't know what they're talking about. [/quote]

I also feel like this city is full of people who seem to be in a constant comparison state of keeping up with the Jones', and hyper sensitive to what other people think of them ... and in doing so blow things out of proportion and/or assume they know what other people are even thinking. This 'classist/racist' commentary came up back when the Maury/Miner combination got thrown around, and we all can agree that process didn't bring out the best in people. But overall, people come, people go, and after you leave people really don't spend as much time thinking about you as you would think! 
Enjoy whatever school you are at, [b]we are lucky to be in a city with so many options[/b]. [/quote]

As a parent of a kid who repeatedly bottoms out in the lottery, can't say I agree with you here. [/quote]

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