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[quote=Anonymous]OP here again. Yes, my child became great friends with the 5 new kids to the class this year.  I specifically tried to become friends with those moms and we have mainly invited those kids/families over for playdates and get togethers.  However, it is clear that none of these moms are interested in being friends with me.

My child is neutral about whether he wants to stay or go back to public. I worry that at his current school he has run out of kids to be friends with already given the small class sizes.

We were at public for Kinder and first, then second was virtual the entire year.  My son made one good friend in Kinder/first but overall we were not successful there socially either and had the same thing happen with playdates and meetups (I was the one always reaching out and setting up playdates, nothing reciprocated).  I was the room parent both years, hoping to meet other moms, so I volunteered a lot at the school.  I did meet one mom friend that way but they moved away after Kinder.

So we didn't find a sense of community at public school either.  My son was only invited to one birthday party in Kinder and first (the one friend he did make).  My son also seemed overwhelmed by the large, chaotic class sizes and always came home upset about something that happened at school socially.

There are no kids in the neighborhood around my son's age, so public school will not be a way to make better neighborhood friends, our neighborhood has lots of babies and lots of high schoolers.

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