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[quote=Anonymous]This is only anecdotal, but I have had two conversations with parents who moved kids from McLean to Bullis, and then back to McLean again (am current McLean parent).   The kids missed the smaller and more attentive environment at McLean.  I think that some time at McLean and then a move to another, larger school, can work well, depending on the need/desire/motivation to leave McLean.  The parents I talked to who are contemplating a move to another school, mostly at the start of ninth or tenth grade, cite either finances or child's need for a larger athletic environment.  The latter is particularly true where a child has a strong athletic ability or interest in sports not offered at McLean, like football.  A few parents also leave to gain some reputation/bragging rights at a more well known school.  From our early experience in MS, the academics are very challenging, the small classes are both supportive and challenging (nowhere to hide if you are one of 8 kids in a class) and the methodology very successful.  Our DC's year has more than 40 kids, and it's not suffering, so far as I can tell, from enrollment, and if anything, the school seems to be setting higher standards and getting choosier under the new head.

OP, you need to visit and speak with ADs and parents at both schools to figure out whether one or the other or a combo would work best for your son - they each offer different pluses and minuses.  Good luck![/quote]

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