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[quote=Anonymous]Not OP, but not entirely unsympathetic. 
Her experience shows why it's really really important for parents to do their homework, and not just assume that your kid will get the education you aspire for them at any given school -- public or private. One can't entirely make the decision based on zip code or property values or school reputation.

My experience as a parent who has gone back and forth between private and public: The public schools in MoCo are all over the lot with respect to quality -- and those differences get magnified by the various magnet programs that create schools within schools.

At the best schools, the highs can be breathtaking with amazing instruction and facilities, but the lows can be quite sobering. Most schools that I've seen have been like yours sounds -- basically fine but uninspiring. I'm sure there are exceptions, but my DS has not been lucky enough to be in one of those.

The issue of class size by itself could give one pause -- it's hard to imagine how being taught in a class of 30 kids, as my DS is now, can ever be an advantage over being taught in a class of 15, as he was in private.

If you've got the coin -- and I'm afraid I don't -- that alone might be a good reason to go private, or might have been a reason to sit tight in your previous home, with a private school you liked.
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