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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We loved the Chevy Chase CES. After that, DD returned to Westland and BCC for middle and high school, because we learned from our older son's school commute (he was in a special out-of-cluster program) that we don't tolerate long morning commutes! But other parents had great things to say about Eastern and Takoma Park middle school magnets, as well as the Blair high school magnet.

Now we're paying 65K a year for a private university for my son (he got 20K merit off the 85K cost of attendance). I MUCH prefer navigating MCPS, and paying for enrichment and tutors on the side, and then having the resources to fund any public or private university and grad school my kids are accepted into; than pay for private K-12 (even my favorite, Sidwell!), and be forced to curtail my children's college options.

If you can afford any education for K-12 and college, then great. Be warned that for STEM, only the very top privates will have the same level of course offerings as MCPS when you get to advanced middle and high school tracks. On the other hand, writing will probably be more emphasized in private school, because teachers have fewer students total and more time to give feedback on their writing. The current English curriculum in MCPS is abysmal. We supplemented with extra books, particularly classic literature, and writing tutors. Still dirt cheap compared to private school.

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Thank you. We will try for magnet MS and/or HS so DS might not need or want to stay at private.[/quote]

PP you replied to. So he's in MCPS now, you want to put him in a private school for 2-3 years, then maybe go back to MCPS? Socially, it means he will change cohorts several times (because he won't necessarily meet the same kids from his old elementary even if he attends an MCPS magnet). You might get pushback from your son on this when he's ensconced in his private. Indeed, I would suggest that once you start private, it's quite hard to get out of it.

Why don't you like the idea of the CES? It's a wonderful program because the teachers are special. They're probably gifted themselves, which is why they have such a blast teaching gifted kids. You're not going to get that in a private school. [/quote]

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