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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. We chose Potomac over the McLean public schools and are still happy several years in. We wanted a more progressive educational approach, and the class size and extras have been wonderful as well.

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The pedagogy may be more progressive, but the families and student body give off a snooty vibe. We felt like [b]McLean was enough of a bubble already so we wanted schools that were more diverse[/b], at least in the upper grades.  [/quote]

Do you truly not realize what you are saying here?  If McLean is a bubble, then the PS in McLean are going to be a bubble as well.  Potomac School works to create diversity in its student body, as do all the elite privates, because they have the means and opportunity to do so.  Public schools cannot.  They have to accept the resident population.  Private schools can ensure the student population represents diversity of economic backgrounds, cultural backgrounds and race/color/creed.  Its one of the benefits of private school.  You have more homogenity of intellegence and behavior but not of anything else because they pull from a much, much larger geographical area.[/quote]

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