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We moved our kid from public to a DC private high school a few years ago. We're still good friends with a few families from public but I've been pretty purposeful about never portraying private as great (as frankly it is't always)---I'm either really open about the good, bad and ugly or I don't say anything.  Almost always (99% of the time) it's the later--I keep the conversation on the 15 other things we can talk about---general kid issues, work, vacation, etc.

That said, last evening I went to a sporting game between my kid's current private high school and the public high school that they would have attended.  I saw the broader circle of people we used to know: car pool buddies, sports teams members, etc.  I was almost universally snubbed.  It was weird and uncomfortable. These are people I never once talked about private school with and in the past we always had pleasant conversations when running into each other.  It was striking. I'm kind of a sensitive person by nature and I left the evening feeling really down. (I know, I know---I don't have to be universally liked but people were cold)  The public/private divide runs deep in DC.   :cry:  [/quote]

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