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[quote=Anonymous]     OP -- There is so much hurt and anger in your post it cannot all be unpacked here to let any of us offer any specific, helpful suggestions.  My own kids attended a "progressive" private that aimed to focus on the individual child, often with unfortunate consequences not only for the children who needed extra supports that it couldn't quite provide, but also for the rest of the class as well.  Your  disappointment does not sound to me like an issue of traditional or nontraditional schooling, but one of mismatched expectations.  Work with them as best you can, and if it just can't be done you'll have to change schools for your child, but it is still only a few weeks into the school year so hopefully things will improve.

As for St. Andrew's, my sense is that they have been moving away from their appeal to "different kinds of learners" to focus more on improved teaching through evidence based research for most students.  While there is some overlap, these are different missions.  I have known a number of families who have children in the upper school there who have dyslexia or other mild LDs and others whose children have no identified learning differences, and heard that the school holds all the kids to high standards while showing flexibility and support.  St. Andrew's has gone from a great school no one heard of that did no marketing, to one that may have let the pendulum swing a bit too far the other way as you note re marketing -- I am sure you are not the only family annoyed by it.  But the middle and high school remain great options for a wider range of kids -- and I mean to both ends of the academic spectrum as reflected in the consistently wide range of college placements  -- than at just about any school its size in the area.  I wish you all the best OP. [/quote]

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