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You are rejecting your kid’s choice based on your desire to be around parents you prefer?  Seems highly silly and downright disrespectful toward your kid.  You are not going to be spending much time with those other parents anyway.

Also, if it’s a high quality magnet, I suspect your kid would do well with college admissions anyway, assuming good grades, etc.[/quote]

Community is a legitimate concern/desire though. [/quote]

Community for who?  Denying your kid the community your kid wants because you like to think of yourself as part of the “private school crowd” is bonkers.[/quote]

Our child chose magnet but I get it. Our older child's private HS had so much more communication with the parents and parent events that we felt more connected. It wasn't a social thing for us but more about feeling like we were an important stakeholder, lol. They would talk about admin, teacher, curriculum changes and help parents understand all the schedule options and next steps as the children progressed year to year. In public the schools basically trust HS kids to do everything. I didn't even look at DC's schedule and had no idea registration happened because there's almost no communication.[/quote]
For the most part, a HS kid should be able to figure out their classes with their counselors. But, parents do get a heads up email/letter.[/quote]

What counselor? In public most kids don't even know who their counselor is. They have hundreds of students each.[/quote]
Well both my kids do/did meet with their counselors to discuss the course selections.  Sometimes it's just a rubber stamp; other times there is a discussion about goals.  YMMV obviously.[/quote]

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