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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have been very pleased with Deal and [b]do not understand why in-bound families pay $50-60k per year for middle school.[/b] Our kids have received a great education at Deal. For the most part teachers are great and engaged. Good athletics and plentiful clubs (Model UN, debate, student government, screenwriters club, Anime club, robotics team, etc...). We will save our money by not sending to privates and invest it for our kids. Plan is to send oldest to JR next year. Sure it is a big urban public high school which comes with its own set of problems but the families we know who have sent their kids there liked it. They got a solid education and got into solid colleges. I suppose if your child is not a good student or has a tendency to get in with a bad crowd, JR might not be a good option. But then again private will not magically fix those things for your child either.[/quote]

Deal refused to engage with us regarding our child's IEP.
The 6th grader AP would not respond to emails unless I cc'd the Principal. 
I had meetings set up with the 6th grade AP when I had coordinated with outside service providers to attend the meeting.  Confirmed the meeting before and the 6th grade AP would no longer be available when we got to school.
I game playing was exhaustive. [/quote]

Okay that’s not great but for the majority of kids who don’t have IEPs or 504s, it doesn’t make financial sense to send your child to private school when you live in bounds for Deal/JR. Ironically, these families are likely dems/liberal and are advocates for public school education, only not for their own child. [/quote]

If your kid is at the median- good but not incredible grades, nice kid, going to end up at VT but not do engineering or BC, not really a self starter- private school is optimal. Kids like that just disappear in DCPS because teachers don’t have to worry about them. [/quote]

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