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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From an educational standpoint:  I could certainly imagine sending my DC to Walls after 8+ years of private.  And you wouldn't be surprised if someone chose TJ or Blair after a PreK-8 private, would you?

From a social standpoint:  Plenty of "wolves" in private schools and I don't see privates as inherently having better environments/influences than publics.  Schools are like ecological systems -- lots of different niches within.  I'd certainly rather have my DC be a nerd in public than a druggie or a mean girl or the poor kid in private -- and for some kids, that could be the trade-off depending on the schools involved.[/quote]

[b]I just wouldn't bothered with the 30K for 9 years of elementary/middle school= 270K if I were just going to do public HS...to me that seems like a huge waste of $ if good public elem/ms were available[/b].[/quote]

there is also a perception among people that public schools in NOVA and MOCO are more rigorous in Math and Science in ES and MS.  Not sure whether students from top private ES and MS can really be competitive to gain admission to TJ and Blair.[/quote]

Private school students are accepted at TJ. Not all of them attend. Also TJ is a public school and tends to support students coming from public.[/quote]

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