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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes we are zoned for One of these and went private.

Very poor handling of pandemic education.

Poor communication between home and school.

Hard to get on the sports teams unless you are top athlete.

Bureaucratic approaches that lack common sense.

Academics and writing more rigorous so we fell student will be better prepared for college.

We prefer private although college outcomes are probably similar or better at the public due to grade inflation.

Our DC prefers private.

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What surprised me is that my DS gets less writing at private than he did at public. We’ve had to hire a tutor to fill that gap but should not have to do so with what we pay in tuition. Apart from class size, academics are not better and are actually worse in English. This is one of the top privates in DC so I am skeptical that any  private is “better” than public in the DMV area. [/quote]

That is surprising - our experience has been opposite … I can see why you might be skeptical about private school if that was your experience.

Our private is not a Big 3 but a top 10 (whatever that means really) and is balanced between academics, arts, athletics, spiritual and service. Big emphasis on science and math but does not see religion and science as being in conflict. That is very important to our family - to value both science and faith.

It is a good fit for our DC but I think some kids are better served in public. We are blessed in this area to have good choices. 😄[/quote]

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