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[quote=Anonymous]The older brother has the 504, not the daughter, for those who have made the point about Catholic schools not honoring 504s to argue against the daughter going to St. X.  (And for what it is worth, my daughter's well regarded public school repeatedly ignored her 504, so it's not like staying in public school is any guarantee).

OP, I echo others who are recommending a tour and a shadow day.  She might be surprised.  Mine are younger but nonetheless resisted and thought they wanted to stay in public because it was all they knew.  They have been much, much happier.  The standards are different, and they were significantly behind in English (especially grammar).

I am a believer in small schools.  Studies have shown that small schools lead to better outcomes, so much so that NYC has tried subdividing some of their megaschools into smaller schools within a school (https://www.educationnext.org/new-york-citys-small-schools-revolution/).  People in this area don't like to acknowledge it because our schools are so "good," but the very large public schools don't work at all for some kids.[/quote]

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