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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I want to add that I went to a private school for my entire childhood, and I had a completely opposite social experience.  Similar to this private school, kids lived all over, and my best friends all lived at least 25-30 minutes away from me, but back then people didn't seem as averse to driving as they do now.

My child has made 3 best friends in the class, and while we have invited these kids to meet up several times, there has been no reciprocation.  We have invited these kids to meet up at parks/playgrounds with the parent.  The other families always say yes to the invites, but there has been no reciprocation.  I don't really understand why.

Anyhow, we are signed up for another year but my thought is that if we continue to feel like we have no sense of community then I don't see why we should continue to pay tuition for this experience.

I feel a lot of whole-school community but none with the other families in my child's specific class.  The entire grade only has 30 kids.[/quote]
My daughter is in 3rd grade at a private where the whole grade is only 30 kids as well. While new to this school, we are not new to private and she came to this school with a bunch of friends from her previous school. Despite that, I will say that I don't initiate a lot of playdates. DD is extremely social so we almost always accept an invitation, but I'm bad at planning playdates/hosting unless the kids ask while both parents are at pick up or something. Your child is probably not being left out, the grown ups are just bad at planning as well. Does your child use kids messenger or anything to communicate with their classmates on the weekends?[/quote]

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