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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like this thread is giving k-8's a bad name. I know some are too small, but there are others that are great and run well.[/quote]

It’s not about whether they’re well run. It’s the reality of the landscape of DMV privates. The most competitive privates in the area are often K - 12. It’s hard to get into those schools, even for students with strong grades and strong social skills. So very often - not always but very often - strong students from K-8s apply before 9. If they’re accepted and leave the K-8, that school must replace that strong student by choosing from a smaller applicant pool, often of kids who were struggling in public for academic or social reasons. So in K-8s, the class dynamic - academically and socially - grows weaker and more challenged. Not sure there’s anything schools can do about this - it’s just the reality of the private school “market.”[/quote]

Believe it or not, not every k-8 private school family is gunning for the Big X DMV high schools. Our kids went to Big X and for the most part, the other strong kids from their cohorts did as well. There were a few who wanted to go to Big X but weren't accepted and plenty who never wanted Big X to start. The kids who wanted to go to Big X did great at their next tier high schools and got into great colleges. If your goal is to go to Big X, then maybe K-8 wasn't the right place for you to begin with. Those are the families that leave early - and at our school - I'd say they miss out. But then again, they didn't value what the k-8 had to offer in the first place.  Different strokes.  But the k-8 is doing great. [/quote]

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