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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not had the perception from this forum that it's "easy" to get into a private school. [/quote]

There are regularly posts about DCPS that insinuate that switching to private is easy:

"well, if XX school quality decreases, upper middle class families will leave for private". 
"if my kid doesn't get advanced math instruction we'll switch to private".

I do think it's said pretty routinely and cavalierly.  
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As a long-time dcum participant, I completely agree.  And I smh too, because as a private school parent (for 10 years now) I know the odds are much more difficult than the cavalier posters realize. Note that's very true of elementary school, too.  A variation on the theme is the parent who assumes they can simply switch their rising 2nd grader from Watkins / noyes / seaton to a non-parochial private if the mood overtakes them.  I see them on tours at my kids'' school every year.  There just isn't space, especially in those non-expansion years when it seems the "fine for ECE" dcps and dcpcs are no longer working. 
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Honestly, it's not that hard to get into most private schools. There are a handful of "top" schools where admissions is challenging but if you're willing to look beyond those, there is lots of room. [/quote]

Honestly, it actually is difficult to get an offer from a high quality independent school.

If you're simply fleeing dcps and will give your tuition check to any old non-public school that will take it, then I agree with you. Query whether that's actually an improvement.  [/quote]

You basically just repeated what the pp wrote.  [/quote]

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