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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are only so many slots in private schools. There will be many students that don’t get in that will be forced to stick with public school. Their parents are going to be even more angry and vocal. If FCPS doesn’t get its act together by the Fall, it could get VERY ugly. [/quote]

I think this is right. The seats at the privates people would actually consider are already taken. [/quote]

Yes, the well-known private schools are currently in the midst of the application season and most have received 10 applications per spot.  That means 90% of families applying to the schools that you hear talked about on DCUM will be back in public (or will home school or move).  That will be interesting.

The idea that parents will just "put their kids in private" is such a fallacy.  There was some ability to do this last spring because the Catholic elementary schools were historically under-enrolled and allowed families to just enroll (and not go through the traditional admissions process).  But those spots are long filled. 
The traditional, large privates have very few spots and they're competitive in a normal year.

I'm really interested in seeing how this all pans out.  Most of us will be back in public.  
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Agreed.  Heck I know a couple families who got spots in Catholic ES after the fall had already started.  Our youngest will enter kindergarten next year and we are weighing whether to apply to a couple nearby that are just starting their enrollment process because I know already that DL would not be a good fit for him.  But it's not something we could afford longterm by any means.

I will say that the pandemic has made us reconsider whether we want to stay here for the long haul.  All the problems of a large, unmanageable school district came to the forefront, and I envy friends/family elsewhere in the northeast in smaller districts that made it a priority to bring kids back safely.  Leaving the DMV would necessitate a career shift for one or both of us and I don't know whether we will ultimately take the plunge, but it has become more tempting.[/quote]

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