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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a kid at Deal but we are zoned for it because we live in the neighborhood. This thread is making me reconsider sending DC. Lunch is one of the few precious down times for kids during a busy and hectic day. I don't feel comfortable with my kid scrambling or scarfing down lunch. Its not healthy and if I don't subject myself or employees to working lunches, I wouldn't subject my kid to that kind of pressure. [/quote]

So, you would like to pay $40k for your child to have relaxing lunches?[/quote]

I’m pretty sure private school offers more than relaxing lunch dates. [/quote]

NP. Nothing worth 50k.[/quote]

Well I wouldn’t be so fast in making that judgement, especially if your kid won’t be doing as well on the SAT, AP test, or in college.  The private’s that cost that much are the top ones with much more access to a rigorous curriculum and a much higher performing peer group than DCPS.[/quote]

This is a myth. Private schools are not more rigorous than public. I moved my child from a Big 3 to Deal because they can accommodate his need for higher level work. The private could not. Private schools offer a different approach not a better approach to education. There are average kids in private as in public. I know you have an invested interest in perpetuating this myth but I will claim it is a myth.[/quote]

+1 our kids have been in a combination of public (one at Deal for 3 years) and private schools with a deserved rigorous reputation, and in our opinion, Deal has an excellent academic program. As a school, it doesn't work for everyone, but what they are learning and how it is taught really is very strong. People who want particular things can nit pick around the edges of any school, and parent can and always should point out issues that could be better anywhere, but an engaged student at Deal will get a top notch middle school education.[/quote]

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