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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot believe how the majority of the people on this thread are so enamored with bright, shiny objects.

You realize you're evaluating your options for an education and not a luxury spa retreat, right?  I actually re-read the thread to see if anyone at all commented intelligently on the discourse within a classroom between teacher/students, student writing on display outside the classrooms, the caliber of the robotic competition entries …. nope, no one.

Just 8 pages of women sniffing about carpet vs. tile and shabby couches in the hallways.[/quote]

You must be new to the DC private school population if you think this is abnormal.[/quote]

I am actually in year #10 of being a parent in the DC independent school world.  Began @K, eldest is now in 9th.  3 different co-ed schools in Ward 3 (two of which have been mentioned on this thread, and the one where the kids have spent the most years has not been been given the HGTV / TripAdvisor / Pinterest treatment on this thread — yet)[/quote]

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