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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 13:52 and I don't think there should be bashing of any schools here.  If you don't have direct experience with McLean, you really shouldn't be passing around rumors.  The current 2nd grade started with only 4 kids in kindergarten.  Two things happened -- that class got slammed by the recession, and when it turned out to be largely boys, the girls who were accepted withdrew.  That class has obviously grown tremendously since kindergarten, so in that particular class, enrollment is way up.  My DS' class has consistently been adding more kids than it loses and his class size has grown.

Many kids leave after middle and lower school because they feel their needs have been met and they can deal with a less-individualized program.  That is fairly common and is the reason why the upper school has always been smaller than the two lower schools.  My guess is that enrollment in the upper school has actually increased over the years, not decreased.

So you really are off-base to say that enrollment is declining.  And I don't know why you are feeling so competitive about this anyway, McLean and Maddux are very different schools.  Maddux is more focused on language based challenges while McLean is more of a mainstream school, though as I wrote is highly individualized.  Often kids leave Maddux and go to Mclean (just as kids leave Mclean to go to St. Andrew's, another well-worn route.  Same reason -- they are ready to move on.)

Most Mclean parents love the school, but really this has to do with the best fit for your child.  Visit both schools.  Thats really the only way to know.[/quote]

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