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You over presume. I am not a parent of a child with "a unique learning style" My DC is doing very well in a DC private. I was simply playing devils advocate with you because I thought your answers or lack thereof are revealing. As a DC resident whose child got into private,but who have many fiends in DC with very bright children who could not get in, I wonder what motivates parents who live in FFX or MOCO to do that commute every day when their local public school is wonderful . I understand if you are looking for racial diversity as suburbs are isolating in that respect, but come on if your kid has no learning issues and you have a wonderful public why take the spot. What are you seeking ? [/quote]

Not the PP, but we are in Arlington and pondering the same things.  zoned for a great pyramid but considering private.  One reason is that I'm a big proponent of single sex education.  I'm the product of a single sex middle and high school, and as an adult the more I read the more I'm convinced it has value for both boys and girls.  No matter how great my local public is, for now we don't have single-sex public options around here that I'm aware of.

I like that my senior year in high school there were 3 of us in my foreign language class.  Just 3.  I somehow have this impression that at a public that would be deemed under-enrolled and the class would be cancelled.  Smaller school means more opportunity in all extracurriculars.  Smaller pools of candidates for sports teams, school plays, choir.  My kid has more opportunity to experience a range of activities that she might not get to try otherwise.  My impression, for now as I'm researching schools for my child, is that publics really do have to teach to the test when it comes to demonstrating school performance.  Privates aren't motivated in the same way, so their focus on my child is different.

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