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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not  a current parent, but my now 11th grader went to UPES and loved it. It was by no means perfect, but my daughter loved the school and thrived there. I was chronically dissatisfied with the academics, but the school's shortcomings didn't slow down my daughter in the long run.

My younger kid's experience at UPES wasn't as good. I moved him to another school. My second kid's academics were better at the other school, but the social life wasn't nearly as good because his friends all lived at least 30 minutes away. In retrospect, I think he would have been fine at UPES.

I do know other parents who took  kids out of UPES  because they felt that the school did not sufficiently help with kids' learning disabilities. The kid had to be failing before the school would test these kids, and some parents paid out of pocket for expensive testing needed to justify special ed services.  If your kid is well adjusted academically and socially, it's a great place. If you kid has learning differences or a behaviorial diagnosis, be prepared to spend much time advocating for your kid. That may be the situation everywhere, though.[/quote]

Really good insight - thanks. Can you say more about chronic dissatisfaction with the academics? And if you are willing -whether you continued on to public middle and high schools?[/quote]

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