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[quote=Anonymous]I just wanted to respond this from a PP:
“The problem has always been in DC that there's not much in between the private schools and the over-enrolled and under-staffed publics.”

So I have a really happy 10th grader at Templeton Academy (private, lower cost) In downtown DC. I do think of it as being in the “in-between” mentioned above. The kids are conscientious but truly not competitive with each other. It’s a project based learning model (officially it’s called Gold Standard PBL) and they really emphasize working together, in groups, on things they find meaningful… my kid is right now doing algebra II project combing thru DC crime statistics. And his English class in his 2nd half of freshman year was about dystopian worlds. It’s cool and interesting. Kids are smart and engaged.

It’s a micro-school, about 15 kids per grade and is by no means for everyone but just wanted folks to know it exists. (And, they always accept a few mid-year students. They are happy to welcome kids who are miserable and want to try a new way. 2nd semester starts Feb 2nd. Not too late to reach out to them, I asked this week.)

And yes my kid is socially happy there. Has a group of like minded kids that cuts across grade levels. They get Taco Bell, and do fantasy football, just normal teen social stuff.
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