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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MoCo has many good public schools as well as many good private schools.  What's right for each family is a function of their own circumstances and judgments.

We initially assumed we would attend public schools, and would move from a not-so-good district to a good one when that time came.  Then we hit pre-school and our child was identified as having an unusual learning profile that the school was poorly equipped to handle (very strong in some areas, but gaps in some others).  We also found in various extracurricular classes that teaching methods developed for the average kid just weren't optimal for us.

We found that we needed both small class sizes as well as a high degree of individualization to permit our child to be challenged in some areas while getting extra help in others.  That road led us to private.

[b]Like a lot of things in life, where you end up isn't always where you initially plan to go.  Families make decisions according to the best information they have at the moment, and life doesn't always follow the preconceived plan[/b].[/quote]

This.  We moved from a townhouse in VA to one of the best elementary schools in MoCo.  For one child it was great, for another it was terrible.  Our child was diagnosed with a mild/moderate learning issue and we were in a catch 22 of not severe enough for extra resources but not mild enough to be a non-issue in a public school setting.  I don't want to say that my child's issues have disappeared in the private school setting because that wouldn't be true.  I think the impact has been less and that is partially due to the smaller class sizes, more flexibility in how the teacher can address things, and better relationships both with peers and teachers.  Since a lot of learning difficulties may not be apparent until 1st or 2nd grade  and lots of people want their kids to be in the same place from kindergarten, I always advise finding out how a school works with it gifted learners, GT/LD, ADHD and dyslexia, unmotivated kids or kids in the middle because you don't know where your kid may fall when you are deciding on a school pre-birth or even when they are 2 or 3.  "Best" school is very misleading because it may only be the best for a certain type of learner/profile.[/quote]

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