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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted a few times earlier.

Both our center and base school offer Socratic seminar.  I think your kids have far better odds of being selected to participate at the base school over the center school. 
Both offer advanced math, with fifth graders taking the sixth grade SOL etc, but only the center busses kids to the middle school for honors algebra 7.

I don't know about Caesars English, William and Mary, etc.

[b]The center school has far better extracurriculars like Odyssey of the Mind, Science Olympiad, fencing, robotics, an upper grade musical, etc.
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You can do a lot more with a school of 900 than a school of 600.[/quote]

Most of those are PTA organized.  If parents want them and want to do the advertising, work to secure the room reservation, get the fingerprinting done of the instructors, etc., you could have them at any school.  They are a PITA to get these programs implemented but I'm certain a school of 600 could have them just like a school of 900 could have them IF a parent steps up to get them organized.[/quote]

Actually it's quite difficult. My DC is at a 600 student elementary and programs get cut all the time because of lack of interest. A lot of children do their own thing and don't want to participate in PTA run activities. With a larger cohort, the PTA can provide additional clubs that will be filled on a continual basis and not just run the one year someone steps up to start the program.[/quote]

We are at a center with more than 700 kids.  Trust me, getting interest is not guaranteed there.  The parent running them has to do a lot to garner interest.  [/quote]

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