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[quote=Anonymous]I'm B'more poster again (also poster with the 3 kids in private - much cheaper in B'more to go to great privates!) - our neighbors think we are nuts and make snide comments all of the time.  It's not fun and can make it more difficult initially with social stuff in neighborhood, at least among parents.  But while we sometimes think about putting our two DS in public, I would never pull my DD.  She had a terrible experience at one preschool and (we broke the contract half way through the year and pulled her out) I can't take that chance again.  Things that pointed us toward this particular school - the all-LS meetings multiple times a week where scores of individual girls are recognized by name for being helpful or kind, girls who picked up litter during the week self-identify and stand for applause, and different groups of kids (incl kindergarteners) do little performances (dance or song) every month or so, giving all the girls, incl DD, a chance to stand up in front of a large group of kids and feel very good about themselves bc it's such a safe audience.  Different 5th graders help out each morning in the kindergarten class so that DD know all of the "big kids" by name, they know her and they look out for her.  The curriculum is a bit traditional and maybe she'd get more acceleration in math later on but really I just don't care about that.  I do think that only those with painfully shy kids understand how difficult that situation can be  - there's shy and then there's SHY.  And IMO, when it's the latter you really have to treat it almost like a special need - the kids are so fragile and so easily damaged.  Assuming you can handle it financially, do what is best for your DD RIGHT NOW.  
Good luck and I hope you get in!!!! (We got decisions last week up here fortunately.)[/quote]

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