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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question for 00:16. Were you in the Spanish or French section? I went to French schools all my life and recognize the traits you describe (obedience, tight ship, etc) so I'm guessing you were in the French section. I'm interested in the Spanish section for my DC - is the envieonment like that there as well?[/quote]

I'm not the PP, but I'll respond because my children have been in the Spanish program for years. The program has been incredible for my kids, the teachers are warm and loving (I can think of one exception in the many years we've been there, and that person is gone), and I have no idea what he/she means by a "hazardous playground" or bullying. In fact, my oldest is now in middle school and is one of the few private school girls we know to have never experienced mean girl behavior or witnessed playground bullying.

Of recently departing families we know, the reasons were 1) job changes (mostly overseas); 2) returning home (overseas); 3) academic preferences (moving to a non-immersion program--admittedly the program is not perfect for every family--or a single-sex environment); or 4) financial reasons, i.e., moving to public school.

All of which is to say that you should speak to a variety of parents rather than accepting one former parent's viewpoint as conventional wisdom.

And FWIW, the families we know at Norwood are very happy. I think WIS and Norwood are very different places, but both provide an excellent education.[/quote]

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