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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 2 preschoolers. We can afford private school but if we have to deal with parents like on this forum, I'd rather send our kids to public. We are attracted to the curriculum, small class sizes, individualized attention and the extras but I wonder what the student population would be like. We just want nice down to earth kids.

The parents on this forum seem downright awful. I would hate for my kids to attend school with their children.[/quote]

We are 6 years into DC's private school experience and I find the parents to be like people anywhere with the possible exception that, like NW DC in general, there is perhaps a bigger group of uber achievers ( not just all lawyers, but all Harvard Law, not just run of the mill finance people, but Fed Reserve members, not just state gov't employees, but President's cabinet members) DC is a magnet for these people and, given that the city is relatively small, you have a  fish bowl effect when you get to private school.

That being said, our experience is that , to a man, these people are very nice, and approachable with well polished manners.

I think this forum distorts a lot because many people who post are actually trolls, or simply the rare disgruntled person who posts a lot. There is a lot of sharing of free flowing anxiety , but mostly in relation to admissions process and exmissions. My experience is that parents do not act this way or say these things in person.

I would not be dissuaded by the negativity on this forum. The actual experience is very different.[/quote]

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