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[quote=Anonymous]Just a thought from a Burgundy parent - If you really want to devote a lot of energy to thinking about where your three-year-old will go to high school or college, you will probably not be happy at Burgundy. You won't find many parents (or any faculty or administrators) sharing your concerns and that will be a recipe for frustration.

It's also probably not going to be a happy place for you if you worry about where your child's classmates will go to high school. When the time comes, my DC will have an opinion about where to go. DC might really want to go to a prep school or decide on a "real world" experience at TC Williams.  I expect Burgundy to provide us with guidance about where they think DC will thrive and be an advocate with high school admission directors. But, it doesn't matter to me where DC's classmates go. What should I care if someone makes a different calculation and goes to a different high school than DC would choose?

Choose Burgundy if you feel the school's philosophy is consistent with your own. Ask yourself if you think you can work with the teachers and administrators about your child's educational development.  Every child is going to hit a few bumps between JK and 8th grade and you're going to have to work within the school's framework.

Choose Burgundy if you really value diversity. Your child may become good friends with a child of a different race/ethnicity or whose family has a very different level of income than yours. They may even become BFFs with a child from a family with very different lives (politics, orientation, religion etc.). Ask yourself if you would be comfortable having dinner with their parents or if you'd prefer children of people like you.

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