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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]True.  Our year kids turned down GDS, Sidwell, Potomac and Maret to go to TC Williams.[/quote]

Exmissions data is available from the school (i think it may even be on their website). There are only 28 or 30 graduating 8th graders each year. Last year, about 2/3 went to private high schools and about 1.3 went to public high schools. There was a wide range, from major Catholic private schools to Sidwell, from TJ to TC, all over the DC metro area.

My one complaint as a Burgundy parent: the school is small, and things can feel a little disorganized. Teaching quality varies. We've adored most of the teachers our children had, but felt like the 2/3 classes were a weak spot (and the 4/5 uneven). I didn't feel the mixed age classrooms worked well: just made them too big, too noisy. Also, if you get a pair of duds as teachers, you're stuck with them for two whole years! Blech. That said, the school has been pretty responsive when we've expressed concerns. Didn't make things perfect, but i felt like we were taken seriously and genuine efforts were made to make things better.[/quote]

It's a K-8 school and your saying that the majority of the elementary school years are not very good????[/quote]

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