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[quote=Anonymous]Wonderful, but you're paying, what?  Close to 30K a year for the special/appropriate treatment?  Glad to learn what you're getting for your hard-earned money, because hearing about such experiences helps keep our eyes open to the reality that it pays to work at filling gaps public schools create, at least in this city.  I'm not remotely impressed with the dry DCPS K curriculum and scattershot approach to enrichment.

I don't doubt that the education on offer at your private is far better than that in even the best DCPS elementary schools, but perhaps there's still something to be said for being in public school with the neighborhood kids.  In our experience, learning to put up with this and that teaches children resourcefulness.  We've learned to look for, and find, the sort of stimulation your child is getting during the school day elsewhere.

I no longer open my child's DCPS report cards.  I used to, but the system wants her on a conveyer belt, so I'm better off talking to the teacher about how's she's doing and leave it at that.  We make a point of ensuring that she's involved in various extra curriculars in small groups with strong instructors who get to know her better than her DCPS teacher has.  We also take advantage of good quality public library and DC Parks and Recs activities and summer programs to supplement, and limit screen time.  We're even raising her bilingual at home in a language DC public does not teach.

Glad you love your private but remain unconvinced that we all need to pay independent school tuition to ensure that our kids thrive, even if we can afford to year in and year out.

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