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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are you people?  Why the hate?  I dont get it at all.  Just one more opinion, but I would never move my terrific  kids out of ACPS - and - for the record, we moved from an expensive "well thoght of" private if that makes any difference. The move was our choice -and by that, I mean both kids and parents decided together.  Why leave private?  Our choice may seem strange since the  kids were doing well - excelling in fact- and no social, financial or "learning" concerns - if that is on your mind - they were popular, engaged, top of the class etc.    We moved for the neighborhood cohort - yes- we thought the friends and social situation in public was better because both the kids and parents seemed more mature - and more intellectual - a better peer group all around.    We got sucked into the private school machine in pre school, but after a few years the kool-aid was sour.  We thought the private teachers and administration were sub-par - and not worth the money.  Our kids play sports and wanted to be with their team mates - lots of drama in our small private that seemed so silly - even to kids not yet in middle school.    In public math and Science are much better, History and Language arts are equal, foreign language, art and  music are much much better and field trips are about the same.  I'm not afraid to say it - if you met my kids and their friends you would say wow- what great kids - polite, smart, poised, caring and motivated to help out and excel - little go getters that self organize and collaborate in ways that many adults would envy.   They love their school and the environment it provides.  They have bonded with some amazing teachers and have empathy for those less fortunate.  Reading some of these posts I can't help but wonder where you negative types were raised and went to school ... I'm guessing not Alexandria City or ACPS.[/quote]

This doesn't quite ring true.  Either you wanted to save the money, or your kids weren't really thriving at their schools, but no one really moves kids who are excelling in private school to APS because the peer group is "more mature" (except for the large number of chidren repeating grades) or "more intellectual."  Not saying they may not be doing OK where they are, but this is just a sales job to try and convince people to send their kids to APS by playing to their fantasies. [/quote]

Wrong.  Plenty, and I mean plenty, of ACPS parents pulled their DCs from private schools because the social and academic environments at most ACPS schools are simply better than what is available at most privates in this region.  In fact, several ACPS elementaries are well known to take in multiple ex-privates every year.  It's not just about money, and it's not limited to one or two privates losing kids to publics.  It happens every year.  
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That's possible.  There are many reasons people leave private school.  Whether or not a private school is worth the money to YOU is a very personal decision.  However, as a long-time Alexandria resident, I know orders of magnitude more people who started out in ACPS and switched to private or moved to Arlington, Falls Church, etc.  Some had a great experience in ES (mainly Lyles-Crouch), but only stayed a year in middle school.  Some only made it a year or two in ES.  They were all very positive about ACPS.  Until they weren't.  [/quote]

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