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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spouse and I are both private school educators. For the last 15 years, as birth rates decline, and now with out-migration of tbe wealthy, we notice the families choosing private are those with special needs. Sometimes documented, sometimes not, but it’s clear they want something very specific from their school. Parents usually say it in a veiled way like:
-we just wanted a better fit for our child socially
-we prefer smaller class sizes
-my kid needs more time to run around and burn their energy
-we want our kid to get all of their HW done in study halls during the day so they can be in multiple travel sports 
-we are willing to donate money for this cause that benefits my kid specifically
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Lol ironically questions around those areas were the ones that came out of people giving advise on how to pick a school who (at least in my opinion) didn't actually understand the private school system.

For our family, we focused on the full life spectrum curriculum.  How did Kindergarten ladder up into the high school curriculum.  Where were opportunities to lean into talents as we saw them.  What safety nets existed or help for when the kid struggled. Of course you can curate a similar education in DC's public system, but the private school admission process is easier than the DC lottery for the paths we thought worked best for our child.

I'm curious as to what schools you and your spouse work at, because I felt that parents asking questions around class size and doing HW at school in study hall's would gravitate towards particular schools...[/quote]

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