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FYI - we are also on the WL for HGC but currently at a private.  Our child is happy and likes to go to school but wants more academically and would be happy to move to get that.  Just beware of that - you are not likely to find the academic level your son may desire at the privates.  But on the plus side, at least there is no disengagement or disinterest in school for our child.[/quote]

We had a similar although not identical experience. Both DCs left public for private starting in 3rd and 4th grades, but returned to public for middle and high school magnets. The academics weren't higher in private for the late ES grades our kids attended. Also, we had good and pretty bad teachers in both public and private. The real benefit of private school was that the small classes and the "extras," like full-year science, languages, art and music, helped our kids stay engaged and interested.[/quote]

A bit off topic but what do people mean by "rigorous". Does it mean more homework? That certainly means more time but not necessarily better education. Does it mean more competition? Does it mean accelerated curriculum so you cover more subjects in a year? Just trying to get a sense because depending on how you look at it, private schools can be just as if not more rigorous than public schools. For example, the public schools may push through a curriculum and leave little time to explore certain topics in depth because that's what the county mandates. Whereas in a private school there's some flexibility to delve deeper into a topic or lesson while still working to meet the curriculum. [/quote]

I'm the PP with the kids who went private for 3-5 grades. I'm not sure who referred to things being more or less "rigorous" at various schools. When I talked about academic experiences being comparable between public and private, I didn't mean more homework, because in fact the homework level was pretty comparable between the public and private schools. I also don't mean that there was more competition in the private schools, at least for my kids who had been attending well-regarded publics before the switch, where plenty of kids came from academically competitive families. I also didn't mean that either school had a more accelerated curriculum: while the private school made a big deal about letting DC into the most advanced math class, he easily got 98 averages through each marking period while doing very little homework.

To repeat, the big difference I saw with private school was the earlier language, music and art instruction. These were all very good things.[/quote]

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