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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s my observation. Your quiet kid might be known better in a private with a good ratio but so many of the kids in private have huge personalities and he may be lost again. I thought my kid was boisterous, talkative and very much ‘out there’ (and it was always remarked on, but at her K-8 she’s known as the quiet girl-and she’s still not quiet!!! So many of the private school kids are only children to older parents (in her class of half are onlies.) Mine is the youngest of 3 but we happened to move and private was best for her while public option best for the olders. The smaller class sizes are nice but it also limits your son in finding like-minded friends.[/quote]

We have had the same experience in a top private. There are tons of outgoing, larger-than-life kids.  Basically the type A kids of type A parents.  (This is not a judgement call--this describes our other kid quite well.)  However, our quiet, introverted kid is even MORE lost in the shuffle at this school.  We're currently talking about what to do as next year would be a good transition point to go back to public or elsewhere. [/quote]

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