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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GCS is a private school for HoCo residents who don't want to send their kids to.public school and don't want to commute to DC or Baltimore for private. The school has a hold on these parents and will continue to attract them with little effort and the little effort shows. The teaching in upper school is quite weak with a lot of turnover. The social experience in upper school caters mostly to athletes or kids whose parents have money. The school makes little effort to promote an inclusive environment.

Ultimately we did not stay. We went back to public but would have also been willing to do a further commute to a better private school - one that has an actual philosophy.[/quote]

DD graduated from GCS a few years ago and it was fine but "little effort" as described in previous post is such an accurate description of this school. This school is enrollment stable simply because there is no other private high school in HoCo. That guaranteed stability breeds a complacency that is very much felt. They get by on having attractive buildings and athletic facilities and a big donor pool.of wealthy HoCo families who want the school to be exclusive to the HoCo wealth. There is nothing at all special about what goes on inside those lovely buildings socially or academically. Honestly the teaching is years behind the research that exists around learning science and instructional practice. And socially it's kind of a nightmare in the spirit of the worst ways you see high school drama played out on TV.

My kid was fine and our experience was fine but in hindsight I don't feel confident that it was worth the money we invested.[/quote]

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