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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with PP that public schools are designed to teach the average masses.  If your child falls outside of that average- for whatever reason- you might need to either (1) gain special accommodations for your child or (2) find a different school. DC schools do not seem to be in the business of accommodations for extremely advanced and/or gifted kids. So kids in this category might have to look elsewhere.  It isn't the big deal that people make it out to be.  Like everything else in life, you need or want something different than the basic (free) option, pay for the upgrade.[/quote]

lol this is how you justify paying private tuition.

the actual academic elite kids don't need private schools. [/quote]

Parents send their kids to private for a variety of reasons. Private schools have more control over some behaviors. I would argue there is less physical behavioral problems but far more relational aggression. Private schools are great for averages kids, they aren’t good for gifted or LD kids. Private schools have kids who parents have money to send them. Public school offers better advanced classes/differentiation than private (more kids). This has been my observation from moving my kid from a Big 3 to Deal MS. Whether private is better than public is based solely on your child. I think there are kids who benefit more from private. One is not better than the other, they’re different.[/quote]

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