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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s plainly true that many people with the means left MCPS over the last two years in the wealthiest clusters.  Out neighborhood pre pandemic was like 30-40% private.  [b]Now it is closer to 70%.[/b]  Most that made the switch aren’t coming back.  So definitely fewer wealthy families using public in our neighborhood but it is not everyone by any means.[/quote]
BS[/quote]

I don’t know why people find this hard to believe, but it’s true.  This is one of the wealthier neighborhoods in the county so it’s not representative. But there has been a strong exodus to private.[/quote]

Many will realize the privates here aren’t much better. This coming from a parent of a student at a top boys school in DC. [/quote]

I not making in claim that private is better, but descriptively yes many people in the wealthiest neighborhoods switched their kids from public to private.  This is probably only a few hundred kids in a county of 160,000 students.  But the question is did the wealthiest leave and the answer is yes many did, but many also stayed.  [/quote]

Point taken. I do believe many will be disappointed when they realize that the privates are not much more than just polish and shine. Especially when you assume with what tuition is that it should be head and shoulders better. Not even close. [/quote]

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