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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Luckily we don' t need to attend a private school to obtain an international atmosphere either.

Unfortunately, my kids need to go to private school to get get eduacated - since they are learning disabled but not learning disbaled enough in the eyes of public schools (which is a whole other thread). 
Actually many kids in our school are in the same situation.

I do, unfortuanately, have to have conversations with them about being perceived as bratty rich kids simply because of the sweatshirts they wear. [/quote]

As you rightly point out, parents may have to choose private school.  However, it sounds like you are doing so in spite of, rather than because of, the fact that private school is, generally, not representative of society as a whole.[/quote]

I've skimmed through this thread and a few things caught my eye, including the quote above.  I am not aware of any school, public, private or charter, in DC that is representative of society as a whole, so if that is your goal, I think it requires moving somewhere besides DC.

I am a proud product of NYC public schools and am sending DS to a charter for PS next year.  I am going to try to make public school work for us because it worked for me and I find the idea of paying $30K to educate a 3yo offensive.  But if I feel that my DS isn't getting a proper education, we'll be off to private by the time K rolls around.  Are there benefits to exposure to people of different SES? Of course, but I don't think that exposure outweighs a decent education overall, something that is lacking in many DCPS and charters.

And let's be real, private/public, homogeneous/heterogeneuos, isn't going to determine if a kid is going to be hard-working or well-mannered.  For instance, if a kid goes to a school where the curriculum is lacking and he is not challenged at all but he is surrounded by other kids struggling to perform at grade level, is that going to teach him the value of working hard?  I don't think so.  And there are obnoxious, entitled people of all SES levels.  How your kid turns out is going to be up to partly his school, partly his friends, but mostly you and your child.    [/quote]

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