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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If given the choice for starting 4th grade next year between a smaller K-8, where the grade sizes do start to shrink as you get to MS and a bigger co-ed K-12 (not top 3/5); what would you choose? 
If you read the tea leaves, is MCPS in particular going to keep going down and getting into co-ed , non religious high schools just going to get harder in 5 years?[/quote]

I think it depends on your kids and your goals. There are truly a lot of benefits in the K-8 model in terms of your child being known and developing. But it is true that admission for co-ed non-religious schools can be very unpredictable in 8h grade. Admissions for ninth is definitely more predictable at the catholic schools and the single sex schools. And co-ed schools like SAES (religious but pretty light on the religion), Bullis, SSSAS (same religion caveat), and Flint Hill are still pretty reliable admits (but not assured) if your kid is a good student. But GDS, Sidwell, Potomac, and Maret are very unpredictable at 9th unless you have a hook. Not impossible but you can’t rely on admission at all. [/quote]

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