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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Friends are so important at that age, and if I could avoid disruptions in grades 7-12 I probably would do so. [/quote]

Agree passionately!!  I'm always startled to see this near-universal developmental reality get such short shrift on the Schools fora.

ie, "oh, we'll just move to this private, and if that's Not Working Academically, we'll move in 2 years to that private, then it's always a good idea to keep reassessing every year to see if (academics) Are Working, so if not, we can keep moving, la la la."   Or "we'll live in a cheaper 'hood and do charter for K-x and then [i]move to a new home [/i]miles away to Arlington/MoCo for a strong high school ...."

seriously, please tell me you've seen that on here about 1,000 times.   With few exceptions, these are always parents of 4 year olds promising to move the kids every 36 months.  And the parents who have actually pre-teens and teens always point out that any move was a teen-driven decision, usually for sports or social reasons.   But never because "it's better to go private for 10th - 12th grade since they have better [something academic] and I decided to unilaterally pull my 14 year old out of his school and send him to a different high school."

sorry, whew.  But I wish more posters in these theoretical conversations kept this reality in mind.

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