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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in a language immersion program in elementary school. About 1/3 of my sons classmates are from out of the base school boundary. We rarely see those kids in afterschool programs or for play dates and the like. It is far harder to get together with them then it is the kids who live in the neighborhood. I can imagine that it is similar for the kids at TJ. The distance for the high school students probably makes it far harder to get together to just hang out.

That social piece is one reason we decided to keep our son at the base school and not send him to the Center next year. The feedback we received from neighbours who have kids at the Center is that the social issue are large. Their kids never see the other kids outside of school for birthday parties or play dates. It was the biggest complaints that parents had.

High School students probably feel the social pressure and isolation, due to distance, far more than an elementary age kid.

As for an advantage going to college, lots of kids do well in college, including going to great colleges, out of non-TJ schools.

I think TJ is great and have no problem with it but [b]I think it needs to be far more student desired and less parent driven[/b]. I think that there are too many kids who attend TJ because their parents pressure them to attend.[/quote]

Completely agree and believe it makes a HUGE difference in the TJ experience.[/quote]

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