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[quote=milliekl13]The experiences in private school really depend on the specific school, but after much consideration and tours before elementary, middle, and again high school, DD ultimately decided to stick with public. She is an "above-average" student, in level four AAP, and Algebra 1 HN as a seventh grader. She felt that the private schools we toured (we did not consider BASIS) didn't surround her with the same amount of classmates her year in the same classes. (She didn't want to take A2 HN with all juniors) and she got a healthy mix of freshman and sophomores in public. Additionally, she's a student-athlete so a lot of schools didn't offer stable programs in field hockey and softball, like public schools did. We looked at Christian schools and secular schools, but decided that a lot of the religious schools didn't provide as rigorous an education as public. However, that doesn't say that small, private schools aforementioned don't yield bad results. We know others that have graduated form those types of schools to be accepted into UVA, Westpoint, Georgetown, etc. [/quote]

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