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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS high schoolers do not learn how to write. I have one at Wilson and a younger sib at a private. While Wilson offers more diversity and activities, the class sizes are very large and neither Deal or Wilson spent much time on teaching kids how to craft a sentence much less a paragraph. We have had to supplement over the summer for that. Not sure why this is. Also, if your kid is into certain sports they may have an easier time making a team at private. Wilson does have alternative sports a private might not have like crew though.[/quote]

My experience is very different from this poster's. My child is a fantastic writer because of her DCPS teachers from 4th grade through Deal (just started Wilson so we will see). Her Deal English teachers were all excellent and she did a lot of writing and interesting assignments with them.

As for the posters who say that going private helps with high end colleges...I've heard it said, and actually seen results for friends' kids (Yale, UPenn, UVA), that a great student who makes their way through a big public with high achievement is looked at very favorably by college admission officials. In general, private school kids have all the advantages: tutors, labs, resources, so high achievement should almost be inevitable while a student who makes it through a big public on his/her own steam, is a student you want.  Granted, lots of public school kids have their parents throwing money at tutors too. I'm just repeating some broad generalizations that I've heard. I will say that Wilson kids make it to the ivies and other great schools.

I would not waste money on privates. The only thing new that my four bright, well adjusted children would learn there is elitism and how to look down on the less fortunate (while making sandwiches to donate to the shelter).[/quote]

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