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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just confused about all the posters talking about the lack of community at their schools...

This has not been my experience at all. I'm wondering if these posters are the outliers...of if I am.[/quote]

Some of the same posters talk about how much they hate the school they chose and look down on it, so I think it would be rather difficult to have that attitude and then really enjoy being around all the people who disagree with you and love the school and its community. I think it would be hard to become a genuine part of a community you disrespect so much that you trash it on DCUM daily. Sometimes, you really have to take this cite with a shaker of salt.[/quote]

NP.  We have been at our private school for many years.  During our tenure, there has been significant change in leadership and, in our view, deterioration of community and core values, even pre-COVID.  While private schools must cater to big donors and faculty kids to a degree, ours has gone overboard, creating more of an insider/squeaky wheel vibe.  We used to love the community and have given a lot of money and energy over the years to support it.  Our oldest DC remains because of a solid core of friendships, but we pulled our younger children and sent them to another private school and it is so much better.  I am astonished daily by the contrasts.

OP, I can't comment on the value of private vs public but I will encourage you to trust your gut.  If a community vibe feels off, I'd make a change. There may be underlying issues for which you have limited context.[/quote]

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