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[quote=Anonymous]I can echo some of this, because we looked at St. Andrews for our child last year but decided against it.  We were looking for a long-term option, so we visited both campuses.  It’s a generally small school with small classes (there is usually one class per grade), but we’d heard some of the teachers were a bit old school.  We visited, spoke to an education consultant, talked with staff at our current school, and talked with local families who were familiar with it through family or friends.  The OP talked about body control, which hit me because during one visit, we noticed a preschool teacher telling a toddler who could not have been more than 2-3 years old, that if he did not control his body he was going to see the principal.  Who knows what was going on, but it just seemed kind of over the top.  One of our friends, who works with local private schools, told us girls tend to do better at St. Andrew's than boys.  Another family that applied last year told us that their son was denied access to the bathroom during his visit.  We will not go into the details here but thought that was wrong.  They require uniforms in lower grades, which is okay I guess but on top of what we heard and observed, it just left us with the impression this was a pretty strict place.  Every kid is different and they say you should go with your gut, but I also agree with the poster who said you have to ask about specifics and get past the marketing.  Also ask around.  Our experience told us this school wasn’t for us.[/quote]

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