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[quote=Anonymous]To OP. Amazing suggestions. There are wonderful resources in this area. I believe OP is a transplant. We are too. Relocating is very difficult for kids and hard on families. If you’ve never been through it, you have no clue.

Our DD was 9. She maintained straight A’s while devolving into depression. The effort she and I had to expend to create a happy life for her (us) here was Herculean. All’s well that ends well. Happy. At last. Going to a top college.

Something to consider is a school with area transplants, or just a lot of new kids. Your DD May be isolated by his status as a new kid. We went private because that was our plan and were really stupid about this. Assumed there just would be other new transplants or new kids. Wrong. We chose a great school- awful for that.

Many families here never move. They have rock solid government jobs. Or stable jobs catering to government. The selective private’s k-whatever can be super stable with “lifers.”

The private international schools are your best bet. The Potomac School is international and diverse I understand. Progressive schools like Field, Burke are supposed to be very welcoming. Used to “new” kids. And kids who have struggled socially.

Just my 2 cents as a transplant. Best of luck to you.

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