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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private. But not by much. The curriculum is more creative and flexible. A marine biologist parent came in one day and let the kids dissect a baby squid.  I've never seen the flexibility in curriculum at public to do that. It may exist, but it wasn't my experience.

However, I'm also not paying $30,000. Our tuition is much lower and very adorable to me.  I don't feel there is enough difference to justify tuition so high it significantly infringes on the financial ability to do other things you care about.[/quote]

Our DCPS has parents come in all the time, especially the scientists. And the parent expertise is very diverse and interesting. The school keeps a directory of volunteer parent expertise for teachers to choose from. So if a teacher thinks, gee it would be really great to have someone come in and talk about solar power; check the directory and wow -- 4 parents available who work in the solar industry, great! All school should do this. Not all teachers take advantage of it, but it is a great free resource.[/quote]

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