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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at a public that we have been at for years and have worked hard on, along with our neighbors.  We've grown close to other families, served on committees, hung out on the weekends, etc.  It's a great school in many ways, with many great families, but we are now thinking of moving to private.  Our child was accepted to first choice school which offers a different approach not available at our public, and which we think will be a good fit for child.

My question is: when and how do you tell other public school families that you're leaving the school?  Is right away best, end of the school year, etc?  W/o outing ourselves, I think that a few families will be surprised, disappointed, maybe even angry at first.  I'd love to tell them in person,

but it seems that may be impractical (assuming words spread before we can speak with everyone we'd like to tell in person).  Hoping for some folks who have BTDT.[/quote]

You should invite everyone over and have drinks and snacks. Prepare a slide show of DCs years at the public school and with friends. At the end of the slide show, have a talk prepared to let everyone know and thank them for supporting DC. That way people can comfort each other, deal with the shock. Offer to speak privately with anyone who needs time to digest and accept the decision to change schools. The children should be told by the parents as they see fit. It would be nice to create some gift bags with photos of DC and some treats for the kids. It would be best to do it on a Friday or Saturday, so the families can have some time to accept the reality of life without DC. In the last few weeks of school, be proud but not smug, empathetic but not apologetic. People will envy you in more ways than ever. Quietly bask in the afterglow.[/quote]

I would add that the presentation a couple of bar graphs with 1) historical achievements of the child and 2) projected accelerated achievements. Perhaps it might be fair to add a qualification at the bottom of the slide "Past performance of students at private school does not guarantee future performance of our child" so as not to set expectations too high.[/quote]

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