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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the Barrett district among some very well-educated and paid neighbors, all of whom send their kids to Barrett and are happy. In fact, I can't think of anyone in my neighborhood who goes to private school or some other option. My kids are not yet school age, but I see no reason not to send them to Barrett. [/quote]

We have one child at Barrett and will have another soon. We have lived in the neighborhood for eleven years. [b][u]When we first moved here, people tried to avoid sending their kids to Barrett - many went to ATS (if they could get in) or Key, some went private, and my neighbors' girls went to Ashlawn. By the time we had a school-age child, however, the trend had completely reversed and now nearly everyone we know sends their kids to Barrett[/u][/b] AND is very happy with it.

Our neighbors are well-educated professional people who want the best for their kids. Most have[b][u] the means and the wherewithal to send their kids to whatever school they thought would be best[/u] [/b]for them, and most have chosen Barrett. The kids are learning, happy, thriving, and there is a strong core of involved parents, including parents of the lower-income kids.

The other North Arlington schools are also good - I've got nothing against Jamestown, Nottingham, Taylor, or any of the other schools - but I hate that people are always implying that Barrett is not a good school when they know nothing about it.

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two counter thoughts - 1) due to crowding it's increasingly impossible to send your kids to alternative schools, compared to when you first moved there; 2) it's a pretty bold statement to say people have means to do whatever, but even so perhaps they choose to save the bullets for HS/college.[/quote]

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