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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking from experience in the past few years...Sheridan kids really do get in and go wherever they want. If there is no way in heck your kid would get into a school the admin. Heads you off at the pass and suggests a different course of action before the process gets underway. It leaves almost no one disappointed in the end.,[/quote]
My nephews went to Sheridan. It was very nurturing and they really loved their experience there. The trouble is that placement is not that strong and my brother had to work hard to get his oldest son into a Big 3 school (I apologize for using this phrase). Once there, neither one seemed well prepared for a rigorous, more traditional academic environment.   I am not sure the progressive learning experience at Sheridan is for everyone and I am skeptical about its academic rigor[/quote]

Once more time, this isn't true.  Sidwell, St. Albans and GDS know who they want to take in 9th grade.   If a child isn't going to be able to handle the rigor of one of these schools, that's highly specific to the child himself and his traits, and isn't a result of a K-8 education at any particular school.  Sheridan, Deal, or another big 3.

This said, both schools are solid.  I would recommend that the OP spend a fair amount of time studying the PARENT bodies of both schools, because they are, in my direct experience, very different.  This will affect the experience of the family unit as a whole and also the individual kid's experience, due to trickle-down effects.[/quote]

Agree. But once again, it's not fair to say that "Sheridan kids go anywhere they want" for hs. No K-8 kids from ANY school "go anywhere they want." If the outplacement team doesn't think they will get in, they may steer them in another direction early on, they apply only to those schools and presto - they get in. That's not the same thing as saying "they go anywhere they want," because kids at all k-8s are discouraged from applying to schools that they can't or won't get in.[/quote]

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