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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Thank you for posting this, it is always good to be reminded why I don't send my kids to private school-- dealing with people who think like you do.  I hate to burst your bubble, but my kids go to a DC public middle school and they are also surrounded my kids from "good families" from all over DC, with high academic levels.  They also travel, read books, go to museums and theaters, and do extracurricular activities.  Imagine that!!  Public school kids read books!!

You do not have to pay for private school for any of these things.[/quote]

At public school my DC was picking up vulgar language, there was a lot of drama about boyfriends and girlfriends and talk about sex which I thought was inappropriate for 4th grade, there was a lot behavior issues and the focus was on discipline, not academics.

They got punished for standing on the wrong tile in the hallway, speaking in class, forgetting homework and for forgetting to get their parents to sign reading log.  For each infraction they accumulated laps that they had to walk around the perimeter of school yard at recess. Like prisoners.

DC did find make some good friends but overall environment was not at that level.  I didn’t have an impression that it was intellectually stimulating.

This was a school with 9/10 rating and 20% low income students.
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whoa! which school is there?
fwiw our DCPS does not have this vibe...[/quote]

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