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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Struggling with this decision and would like to hear others’ perspectives. Also worried that since we are in a top rated public district, the people opting for private will be extremely religious families and kids with behavior or social issues, neither of which describes us. [/quote] OP, are you in NJ or Mass? There are no good publics in the DMV, particularly not for elementary and middle school. We moved our kids to private in 7th and 4th grade, and they went to a Catholic HS. In hindsight, I might have better started them in private in K and then switched to public in HS if IB or Magnet programs were an option. That said, it can be difficult to get kids excited about switching for HS. That was our intent, but they did not want to go public. I think college outcomes are better from public because of grade inflation. However, then you have to put up with shelter in place drills, violence, bad behavior, frazzled teachers, and the rest. [/quote]
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