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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks, my daughter is at a private K8 now but was at public school until grade 5. Agree that a large SHS school could be considerable adjustment, but going to a 2T school (still needs to fit in with returning students and possibly paying 70k+ a year) just does not sound worth it...[/quote]

Different poster. Academically, is she more into humanities or STEM? In general I would say that a good SHSAT school is likely to be stronger than a 2T private school in math/science, but the private school might do a better job with English/history, in part because smaller class sizes make it easier to do more graded writing / have more meaningful discussions / etc and those kids will have been doing that throughout middle school. (for extracurriculars you can fill in gaps for a lot less than $70k/year)

If she was at public through grade 5 - and I guess pre-class-size-law? - then I don't think a SHSAT school would too far be outside of her comfort zone socially; kids don't magically get less well-behaved after 3 years of public middle school.[/quote]

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