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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tutors?  Computers of a certain type?  Software? Organization / planning hacks?

What can I do do help my child succeed and thrive in high school?  I am concerned about huge class sizes and limited personal attention.  Since we are not paying for private, I am happy to help DC out as much as I can in other ways.

TIA!

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If you are a high resource family, pay for private. Tutoring, worksheets, nothing replaces daily, hourly reinforcement of higher standards of learning and cohort (and teachers) who believe in the inherent value of a good education.  You will not find that in mcps. [/quote]

This. I will add it’s kind of unfair to ask your kid to go to their full-time job (public HS) then insist that they pick up an additional part time job after the main workday is over (tutors, pay-to-play ECs just for show, bullshit nonprofits etc)

That second, part time job is deeply minimized — and lasts for fewer months, let alone years — when you send the kid to a top private HS.

It’s not too late OP[/quote]

This is what I am struggling with as a public school parent when people say "just do enrichment / supplement" - they are already in school all day and I wish they were getting more out of that time instead of adding onto their schedule.[/quote]

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