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[quote=Anonymous]I see a lot of fear here about middle and high schools.  But I don't see the issue as black-and-white. For one, I don't think that private school necessarily innoculates your kids against drugs and pregnancy, because my own private school was known as the drug capital of our small city.  The answer also depends what your public school choices are.  Or, if your public choices are bad, whether you are willing to move.  There are some fabulous public HS in VA and MD, and not all are by application (TJ and Blair).  Check out the public IB programs in VA and Chevy Chase.

Heck, if you move far out enough, to Howard County, say, you can have great public schools and be a SAHM too.

But I agree with the poster who said that it's impossible to know right now what your kid will need.  Will your kid want advanced science, which implies TJ then private MIT for college?  Or a well-rounded education that implies maybe a private school, or a public IB program, and then a private college?  It's impossible to know.  Sorry, there are no easy answers![/quote]

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