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[quote=Anonymous]Our child did pk-8 at DC privates, then moved to a DC public/charter for 9th. There were social issues that were hard to resolve due to the small class sizes and limited number of students...those social issues eventually started impacting academics, so we decided to try something different. The child is much happier at current school due to the larger student population. Having more kids in her class made it easier for her to find "her type of people" and blossom socially.

In terms of academics, she was ahead of the other students, but in a way that was good. Since her academics were solid, she was able to focus on the social adjustment...making new friends, joining clubs, trying out new sports, etc.

From a parental perspective, I was happy that my kid was happy and I was thrilled that she was being forced to be more independent, but there were a lot of things that were unfamiliar to us that bothered me...disruption and discipline issues in the classroom, a few physical fights between students, too much rowdiness, and obvious laxness of some of the kids (strolling to school late, blowing off class, cursing in front of adults, detention, etc).  These were things that we didn't encounter in private school so it was a bit unsettling.

My child also started to take on a "laid back" attitude about arriving to school on time (its fine mom, lots of people get to school late), and about being proactive in doing community service hours (I'll get to, its not a big deal). Her grades also slipped...they weren't bad (she went from all A's to a mix of A's and B's). Again, not bad, but I felt like she lost some of her academic competitiveness, so that bothered me.

I think that given the chance for a do over, I wouldnt change anything at all...the benefits of public definitely outweighted the risks for our child. [/quote]

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