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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't give much credit to Great Schools scores in general, but I give even less care to the difference between an 8 and a 10. Both of these are going to be strong schools, with the 10 likely just having a few more parents of a very high socio-economic status, or something like an AAP program that pulls up the average test scores.

If you've got it narrowed down to just two, I suggest trying to visit them and see which school actually feels like a better fit for your kids. [/quote]

OP, this is good advice. Web site ratings and comments can be pretty outdated. And a difference of 8 versus 10 on some web site run by people who may or may not know what YOU value in a school and neighborhood is no yardstick to use when choosing things as important as a home and a school.

Absolutely visit both schools, preferably more than once if you can. Try to see if you can observe any classes in the grade in which your kid(s) would start. Ask to be put in touch with the PTA so you can call or even see someone from PTA to ask questions. (We had a choice between two middle schools and the PTA at one school really reached out to families like ours to dispel some myths about the school that we did eventually choose--it was a big help.)

When time for HS came, we visited two different high schools and the visits also made a huge difference in the choice, whereas had we just gone by things like Great Schools and, frankly, boards on DCUM, we might have made a different choice --and it would have been the wrong one, I think.[/quote]

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