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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your dime not mine. The facts don't lie. Whitman, Wooton, Chhurchill, WJ and B-CC students score higher on AP exams, have more NMSF, have higher SAT scores and better placement at top schools than Bullis.  With Sidwell, Landon, GP, STA, NCS, Maret, Holton-Arms and a few others, the results justify the tuition but if you want to pay top dollar for an education that is considerably inferior to public schools in the area then, by all mean, go ahead. This is a free country.  [/quote]

Are those the only metrics by which you measure a quality high school experience? My two brothers and I attended Wootton (PSA -- it's w, double o, double t, o, n). I did quite well for myself but my brothers, one in particular, fared poorly. The school was too big and too geared towards grinding out appropriately-credentialed college applicants as opposed to ensuring that all students had a meaningful high school experience. Conversely, they would have thrived at a smaller school where teachers actually took the time to find out what made them click. Perhaps the children who attend Bullis might be in similar situations. Maybe they just wouldn't do as well at a big regional high school. I think your view on the purpose of high school is exceedingly skewed but it is well-suited for the environment your child will find at Whitman, Wootton and Churchill.

As for me, we don't even live in MoCo so this is a non-issue. However, if we did, you can rest assured that I wouldn't choose a W school.[/quote]

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