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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We started at a “Big 3” in pre-K and are miserable. Such a waste of money. I actually hired a reading tutor to help my preker learn to read because her teachers aren’t helping her learn. Three months later- reading fluently. For our older children, we started supplementing math in 1st grade. Don’t waste your money.[/quote]
What? You pay for private so your kid can be a kid a little longer. If you wanted academics, your kid should have been in K in DCPS. It is brutal.[/quote]

+1 accelerated academics in lower school is mostly a public school thing.  Let your kid be a kid.  It really doesn’t matter, your kid has a long way to go.  Let the public school parents stress out about the PK-1st grade curriculum.   The unnecessary tutoring and supplementation is probably more harmful than you think.[/quote]

+2. We've been doing K-5 in public (DCPS) and plan to apply to private for MS. Oldest is in 4th, so we're getting close. DCPS really knows how to drill math and reading, but (in my opinion) at the cost of any space to be creative or exploratory. My kids already think school is "boring" and regimented, and they're way too young for that.

OP, the plus with DC is there's a few really good options that start in 6th grade, so I'd plan to apply to 1-2 of those. Even if 6th grade is an entry year at a K-12, it's still a small incoming group, but they have to build the acceptans around who is already there. (Say, you may be applying to a class that has become way gender-imbalanced.) [/quote]

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