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[quote=Anonymous]Our kids went to a highly-ranked MCPS elementary and then switched to private for middle and high school.  In our experience class size makes a tremendous difference, even for outgoing kids who are good students.  In English and history teachers are able to give more writing assignments and to provide more extensive feedback on the students' work.  In foreign language, there are more opportunities for every student to practice speaking the language.  In all classes there is more discussion and a greater emphasis on presentations and team assignments.  Even though our kids are intellectually curious to begin with, the smaller class sizes seem to give them a stronger connection to what's happening at school -- both in and out of the classroom.  Finally, students really get to know their teachers; as your children get older and start to separate from you, it's important that they have other adults in their lives who care about them.  We owe a lot to our kids' teachers -- they've given our children encouragement when they needed it and read them the riot act where appropriate (and where they would have tuned us out).

And, BTW, we don't have a magnet on our car.  (Who can afford one after paying tuition?:))   [/quote]

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