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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the parent of a private school transfer to GW this fall.  Early on  I joked with friends that I felt like I must be the only parent truly excited to enroll my child GW.  I know a number of families that left after 6th, but none of their issues seemed to apply to us - so I'm aware that GW is not for everybody- just want to make that clear.  When we enrollec, we learned that we were not alone - and there are around a dozen private school transfers this fall.     Our reasons for choosing GW were not financial, or due to social or performance issues (Im sure somebody out there is wondering.....Rather, we were greatly underwhelmed at our privste, academically and socially, and DC really wanted to attemd school with neighborhood friends - and - also wants to attend TC.  DC is an A student, great kid and loves sports and activities that GW offers that her expensive private does not in some cases.   If it does not work out, private will remain an option for HS,  but we are going into this with TC as our goal.  Her GW friends are lovely, academic, sporty kIds with a mature disposition seriously lacking at her former school.  Although DC  had no social issues,  I worried about the private MS cohort as well as the quality of the academics.  Not often will you hear GW described as the destination point  for these qualities. but this is truly the case for us..  We had a great tour, learned about the new honors curriculum, spoke with current parents about pros and cons and determined that GW was a great move for DC.  Apparently we are not the only families giving it a try - Ive done my homework and I'm optimistic .   [/quote]

PP, us too - nearly identical story.  Both of the ACPS middles have been seriously under-appreciated, and that's coming to an end.  We went in pre-MS, and we were blown away by how good our little ACPS elementary school is.  And our DC will start MS with some friends in the system.  
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