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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't recognize any of these awful behaviors, and I have two kids currently at Whitman (one girl, one boy, different grades.) All of my kids' friends are well rounded, mature, respectful, care about their studies and about the world. Maybe friends in their outer circles smoke weed or vape, but that's not the dominant trait. Their cohort is probably what I love best about Whitman.

Teachers seem to be more lenient than not in the classroom, I wish they required more respect, though I get the sense that the school deals with serious issues very professionally.

I'm sure there are also bad kids or trouble makers or whatever other type of humans there are out there. But my impression overall of this school is not one of badly behaved kids.[/quote]

Former Whitman parent here and I agree. However there is a difference between kids in the AP/honors track and "on-track". DC tutored in an on-track class and there were behavior problems there that DC didn't see in AP classes. So there are definitely different cohorts, as there are in any public school. Whitman and its peers just have a larger group of academically motivated students.

OP, your DC is going to have trouble in any public school if she has physical control issues. That just won't fly and she may get bounced from school to school. You may need to consider a specialized private school that has the capacity to deal with behavioral issues.[/quote]

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