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[quote=Anonymous]Folks interested in Sheridan should dig deep about (1) quality of instruction; (2) retention of quality instructors; (3) differentiated instruction (headmaster is new - she says she is rolling this out since many kids left the school last year because this didn't exsist.  Impossible to say what level of instruction teachers have had on this score... no comunication from headmaster on the point.); (4) intent to continue raising tuition - last year jump was 5% and this year, it's a big one, too (compare facilities and level of instruction to price tag and ask yourself whether you can continue to pay big jumps for what you get); and (5) mapped out curriculum so that kids are learning from year to year in an intentional manner (there isn't one... yep, in a teeny tiny school, they don't have a mapped out curriculum - teachers decide for themselves what to teach and it is completely and seemingly random).

Finally, look at college acceptance, and seek out kids who have graduated from Sheridan and find out whether they were well-prepared for high school. You will find a very mixed bag with many families stunned at how ill prepared their kids were.  Sheridan kids don't take tests so they don't know how to study, and they don't have a lot of competing academic demands so they don't know how to prioritize, making 9th grade a bust for many students.

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