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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are es. We are considering leaving for MS and then coming back for HS [/quote]
If you don’t mind me asking why return for HS? If your kid has gotten used to the environment of a private school, having them come back to a public school and all it comes with can be very jarring.[/quote]

The cases I have seen it happen and work it's so the kid can have better access to extracurriculars and social settings.  If your kid isn't a super talented athlete, returning to play public school sports is a good thing.  Same goes for things like drama and band.  I'm sure private schools have good arts programs too but some of the publics just have a stronger culture surrounding the extracurricular arts.[/quote]

I disagree. We have been in private 4th-8th. Returning to MCPS for HS but mainly due to cost. Having done public ES and then private for 5 years I definitely prefer the small class sizes and the lack of violence and discipline seen in public. Anyway, my point, the privates are smaller so most kids can be on the sports teams. our high schools are huge, so the most competitive sports are much harder to get into.[/quote]

The privates with good athletics may be small but they have 50 kids on the roster who are better than 98% of the public schools.  You aren’t competing with as much quantity but instead a heck of a lot more quality.

To put it in perspective, a kid like Boogie Cooper can be among the leading scorers in MCPS and he would be the 9th best kid on almost every private school basketball team in the region.[/quote]

To be clear not every private school basketball team in the region. A few select ones that heavily recruit and have dominate teams. Like SJC,  Dematha, and Paul. [/quote]

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