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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will be fine either way. Friend groups change and people come and go from all schools. I do not think lifelong is a good goal to have. It sets the pressure way too high. People in small towns have that because they're stuck with each other and it's not necessarily a good thing.[/quote]

There's a weird obsession with lifelong friends on this forum, I'm not sure why. Elementary school is mostly about practicing social situations and friendships and learning how it works. Maybe you really click with someone and stay friends, but that's often more a function of having families who are friends than where you go to MS or HS.

In this area, even in the suburbs, it's really common for kids to move around a bit and there are always lots of "new to you" kids at the MS and HS levels. In DC people will move to charters or privates, in the suburbs they may attend a magnet or move to private school. In either case, families also just move altogether, both in and out of the region or within the region. Many kids also get their kids more from extra curriculars that aren't school based -- so many sports are now more club based, plus many kids are into things like dance or volunteer work that necessarily happens outside school. So your best friends might not even go to school with you at all.[/quote]

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