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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Here's what your missing: Regardless of the number of girls who may be transferring or seeking to transfer [b]it's nothing that the school did or recommended anyone do.[/b] Let's face it, some people in Washington are complete and total pills. I've graduated one daughter from NCS and will graduate another soon and they/I couldn't be happier with the experience.

NCS has provided a quality education for 117 yrs. and I suspect it will be doing so for at least another century or so. The fact that some parents act foolish is in no way related to anything the school does.[/quote]

I'm also a parent of a happy upper school student at NCS.  Social media didn't exist and drive social interactions for our upper school girls when they were in 5th/6th grades to the extent it has for the current cohort of middle school girls.  The current 7th grade class may have similar numbers trying to transfer out next year.  I don't believe the current 7th and 8th grade classes are simply bad apples - they are the first cohort of girls entering the difficult middle school years that had phones/insta/snapchat/etc. as the main component of their social interaction.    The problems with the current 7th/8th graders are a symptom of issues not addressed in lower school.  5th and 6th graders now are dealing with what used to be MS issues.  The school needs to select engaged teachers for 5th/6th grades who are at least aware of this sea change and the impact it is having on young girls today. [/quote]

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