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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in 20015 (CC, DC) and tons of kids in our neighborhood go to STA, NCS, Maret, Sidwell, GDS, etc (8 in a two block radius in fact).  No one who attends these schools feels left out if they live in CC, DC or CC, MD - that is a naive statement.

There are also tons of BSS kids and Lafayette kids - and they all play together (shocking! - not!).

Also, to further shatter the falsehoods written on this topic, we know several families who have graduated from BSS and attended top privates - NCS, Sidwell, STA, etc.  Most families prefer to stick with the Catholic schools, but if a student wants to go to one of the Big 3 (and has good grades just like all other applicants) then they can.  Nothing stopping them.

You all need a wake up call and tone down the anti-Catholic rhetoric.  It's just not true![/quote]

Nothing is stopping them. That's true.

But very few choose this route. The magnetic pull of the Catholic world is extremely strong.

And once the kids enter high school, neighborhood friendships begin to weaken as high school one are formed.[/quote]

Very few kids at Deal choose the private school route after K-8 in DCPS. The magnetic pull of the public school world is extremely strong.

And once the kids enter high school, neighborhood friendships begin to weaken as high school ones are formed.

Do you see how ridiculous your statements sound? I'd hazard a guess that the number of Catholic K-8 kids continuing on to Catholic high schools is no larger than the number of independent school K-8 kids continuing on at independent high schools, and no larger than the number of public middle schoolers continuing on at public high schools. Yet, somehow, when Catholics do it, it's because they're just sooo insular and "the pull' is just too strong, as if it's some sort of cult. OK. Got it. [/quote]

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