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[quote=Anonymous]OP, although I think you need to go ahead and apply for private to keep your options open, I would urge you to try to identify the source of your child's issues.  We had a somewhat similar situation with our DD.  We were in a private K in another state where my DD thrived and then we moved to Bethesda.  We opted for public and it was a disaster.  The large classroom environment and hundreds of kids on the playground just raised her anxiety and caused her self-confidence and self-esteem to plummet.  We switched to private the next year assuming it was the school environment that was the problem.  In the first year things were going really well, or at least we thought, but now a year later, some of the same issues that we faced in public are resurfacing once again.  No matter how much research you do into the various schools to find a right match, it is largely a crap shoot as to whether you get a good teacher and the classroom dynamics work for your child.  We had a great teacher last year, but this year has been horrible.  The one girl that my DD felt comfortable hanging out with left to go to another school, and my DD hasn't really found a connection with the remaining children.  We are actually going back to public next year and getting help for our DD's anxiety.  This is all to say that sometimes switching is not always the answer.[/quote]

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