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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell and GDS both have LEED Gold-certified buildings, which means indoor air quality is has to meet specific standards.

Not platinum???

😂

Most of Sidwell’s LS buildings and the US Athletic Center are LEED Gold-certified. Sidwell’s MS and US Quaker Meeting House and Arts Center are all LEED Platinum-certified.

According to Sidwell’s website, the Middle School was “the first K–12 school in the world to have a LEED Platinum rating and the first LEED Platinum building in the District of Columbia [March 2007].”

Anonymous wrote:You sound insufferable. If your kid is accepted into any private school, your personality would suck the air out of the school. So very poor air quality.

Also, psst, we never use MCPS as a benchmark for ANYTHING. EVER.

OP here. And yup, I am completely insufferable. I want my kids to eat unspoiled food, drink uncontaminated water, and breathe clean air. I even expect schools to be free of asbestos, mold, and pedophiles. Crazy, right?

Private Schools have 700 students over 3+, 5+, 15+ newly-renovated buildings. Even then, facilities managers have been more attentive to air-quality than one would think. The only school that would cause concern about air quality is Maret. The rest are fine.

Anonymous wrote:This can’t (hopefully) be real.

Oh, I believe it’s real. I know someone who carries a portable air filter with her everywhere she goes.

When you tour and/or have your interviews, ask the sources directly. This is one of those posts that make little to no sense asking here because how thorough/ accurate of a response are you really going to get.

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell and GDS both have LEED Gold-certified buildings, which means indoor air quality is has to meet specific standards.

Not platinum???

Sidwell and GDS both have LEED Gold-certified buildings, which means indoor air quality is has to meet specific standards.

Anonymous wrote:You sound insufferable. If your kid is accepted into any private school, your personality would suck the air out of the school. So very poor air quality.

Also, psst, we never use MCPS as a benchmark for ANYTHING. EVER.

Rude.

You liberals and your uppity first world problems.

I think it’s a good question too and I want to hear the answer. Not worth having sick kids or kids exposed to creepy chemicals and VOCs. Since private schools buy newer things - I wonder if some actually have more stuff off-gassing in schools than MCPS does. Following.

Points for originality

I think it is a great question, OP

This can’t (hopefully) be real.

You sound insufferable. If your kid is accepted into any private school, your personality would suck the air out of the school. So very poor air quality.

Also, psst, we never use MCPS as a benchmark for ANYTHING. EVER.

MoCo public schools now have real time indoor air quality monitors in every school. They are tracking pollution, smoke particulates, Co2 levels during school hours. Are there any private schools doing something similar?

If we’re going to spring for private school, I want air at least as clean as that in my local public. I’m interested in reducing airborne illnesses (less sick days!) but also intrigued by the new research about air quality and academic performance. One recent MIT study said air quality had a bigger impact on test scores than class size.

So how clean is the air in your DC’s school? Any recommendations?

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Links:
https://prod.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/sustainability/iaq_monitoring/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2023/02/09/raising-student-test-scores-may-be-as-simple---and-cheap---as-opening-a-window/