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[quote=Anonymous]NP and former Nysmith teacher here.  Based on the OP's description of their child, I suspect Nysmith would be an excellent environment and would definitely be able to meet the kid's needs and keep the child engaged.  This may have changed, but the curriculum there is roughly one year ahead of the FCPS curriculum--so kids in second grade at Nysmith are learning more or less the same material FCPS covers in third grade, etc.  That said, it will cost you (to the tune of ~$25k, depending on grade).  When I taught there, we had a good number of kids leave for the Level IV AAP program in FCPS once they hit 3rd grade.  I hesitate to speculate too much, but I'd guess the reason for this was approx a 50/50 split between kids whose parents were really financially stretched paying the tuition and kids who were not 100% thriving at the school and their parents decided to see if the public schools would be a better fit.  If you're reasonably close to the school and paying the tuition would not be out of the question for your family, I'd say it's definitely worth taking a (free) tour to check it out.  [/quote]

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