UrbanBaby

06.29.08, 07:24 AM New York City
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the attrition at out zoned public is 10% annually - mostly parents fed-up with class size, noise, and quality of academics....but from these fussy parents no-one was able to place DC in good private [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 06.29.08, 07:24 AM Flag

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Did you go to a TT private? Because your post is incomprehensible. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:26 AM Flag

every year 10% of the class leaves - is that a difficult concept for you? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:28 AM Flag

Ah, your typo threw me. "Our" zoned public. But the rest I can't quite figure. Is English your second language? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:30 AM Flag

The parents who pulled their DCs out kept complaining that our public is not good enough for their DCs. They all applied to strong privates, but failed. Many of them were forced to move to NJ, some had DCs accepted at bottom-tier privates. Every year 10-15% of the parents attempt to find alternative placement for their DCs. Is that better? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:34 AM Flag

^^^the 3 biggest complaints are: 1) class size, 2) noise, 3) curriculum [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:35 AM Flag

Yes, clearer. But what is your point? Even if your kid was an extremely well-behaved genius, it would be difficult to get into a TT private after kindergarten, no? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:36 AM Flag

The point is how many parents are quick to complain that a school is "not good enough" for their DC [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:40 AM Flag

Right, and they found better situations. They consider even the "bottom-tier" privates to be better. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 09:01 AM Flag

OP: Yes they do. The parents I know that went to Trevor and Dwight claim to be much happier (fewer bullies, less noise, better tailored teaching) [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 09:32 AM Flag

so 2 to 3 kids? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 08:42 AM Flag

yes 2-3 kids per class, about 10-13 per grade [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 09:25 AM Flag

Where do the families go? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:33 AM Flag

NJ, Claremont, Dwight, Trevor, Hewitt [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:41 AM Flag

Not surprising. In my experience, it's typically the parents of kids who have issues that complain and apply out, so not surprising that they don't get good private spots, which are hard for even high-performing, well-behaved kids to get post-K. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 07:47 AM Flag

It's even hard at K. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 09:02 AM Flag

I don't know what public you're talking about, or if you'll say, but I know for certain that some kids do get into the most competitive privates from public school in off years. Maybe it doesn't happen often, but I can vouch that it happens. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 08:42 AM Flag

that sounds awesome for the kids who stick it out -- sounds like upper grades thin out nicely and must have some very reasonable class sizes. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 09:22 AM Flag

The DOE generally doesn't let that happen and will dump kids in the school. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 09:24 AM Flag

correct actually our public has 6-7 K classes and only 2-3 5th grade classes [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 09:28 AM Flag

Upper grade classroom sizes are often huge at popular schools--35 kids or so--because schools consolidate. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 10:05 AM Flag

Yup, it stinks [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.29.08, 11:01 AM Flag