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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok OP, your kid wants to do this based on a previous experience at private schools.  In that case what you, as the parent/adult need to do is explain that private and public schools are not the same thing.  A private school is trying to sell their product to you just as much as you're trying to sell yourself to them.  They will cater to your whims because they want your $$$$$.  A public school has no product to sell and no choice about accepting you or not.

It is *your job* to explain to an 11 year old why this plan is disrespectful and disruptive for two teachers and two entire classrooms of other students.  It is your job to explain that, if this plan was used and your child decided to stay at the public school he would already be setting himself up on the wrong foot due to the disruption it would cause.  It would also already be putting him at odds with FCPS's more stringent unexcused absences policy, setting you up for conflict with administration if you plan on any additional days off for any reason other than illness.

As others have suggested, I think you and your child might be happier where you're treated as the entitled customers you wish to be.
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People don't enroll in each private school they are accepted to, try them out and then decide between them. Why? Because they get to have enough information beforehand through lots of opportunities. Even half of those opportunities existed at FCPS, no one would consider to dual enroll their child at private and FCPS to try them both. There would be no need to do that. Oh, but you call that entitlement right? Why doesn't FCPS give enough information to parents to make choice? Where are we living, communist China or a wealthy public school district? [/quote]

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