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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seeking some input. We have an athletic child who is pretty average in school. He’s pretty sensitive, not a good test taker with a very mild LD, no behavioral issues and has average social skills. Due to covid, we couldn’t tour classes in person last year and only got in to one private school. He loves the teachers at his new school and the activities and campus but isn’t making many friends and it’s bothering him. He wants us to save our money and send him to public school with his friends but the public school is not the best and wouldn’t support him academically. Do we start our search for a new private school again for next year?[/quote]
How is he doing academically? [/quote]

Our DS is the same. It’s hard to know because it was so competitive the last few years, it isn’t like folks had many options to choose from. [/quote]

PP here. Our DS is all As. Enjoying academics but socially it’s a bust. [/quote]

Op here. He’s doing well academically-As and high Bs and is in middle school. I hate to go through the application process again but I think we don’t have another choice as he says he isn’t happy. [/quote]

MS is tough for friend making. I think you're jumping ship too quickly, give him time to find his people. It can take longer and longer the older kids get, very different from Elementary school. And if you move now, he'll be starting over again and possibly in a school that isnt as great of a fit in other areas. [/quote]

What if he WANTS to change privates?[/quote]

What would make another private a fit? Seems he’s in the right place academically so it’s hard to believe another private would check more boxes there. Since the issue is social, what makes him sure the other school is a better fit? I will assume that this school looked like a fit to him last year too?

Is next year an entry point at the other private? If it’s not, or if you just don’t get in, what next? I assume there’s a reason you switched from public in the first place. [/quote]

No we didn’t feel current school was a fit but it was the best of limited options. The other school was his top choice but not accepted.  [/quote]

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