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Trevor or CGPS?
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02.27.09, 07:17 AM [ Flag ]
- neither
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  02.27.09, 07:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ouch. why?
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    02.27.09, 07:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - bc both are too far away for us....but both good (comparable) schools!
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      02.27.09, 07:22 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I would probably pick CGPS.
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  02.27.09, 07:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- anyone else?
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  02.27.09, 07:24 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - they're like the same school different parts of town
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    02.27.09, 07:26 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - not until you tell us why you are asking now
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    02.27.09, 07:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - OP: PreK
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      02.27.09, 07:28 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- are you deciding this now? how can that be?
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  02.27.09, 07:26 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - PreK
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    02.27.09, 07:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Ah. Ok, well I think they are both good schools. I liked the vibe at Trevor a little more. Will they let you re-tour before deciding?
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      02.27.09, 07:32 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Not sure
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        02.27.09, 07:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - also, just one of many differences: Trevor starts foreign language early and CGPS not until 7th grade, which seemed very late to us
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        02.27.09, 07:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        thanks did not know that
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        02.27.09, 07:39 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        on the flip side, CGPS teaches swimming while Trevor does not. there are differences, perhaps minor ones, but they are there.
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        02.27.09, 07:41 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Neither is worth the serious $.
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  02.27.09, 07:30 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ita....go to cheaper prek and then spend bigger bucks K and beyond
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    02.27.09, 07:31 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - they are both ongoings but are not worth the $
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      02.27.09, 07:31 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - why?
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        02.27.09, 07:33 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        they offer a curriculum not much different from the public gen eds. You are better off looking at a cheaper private if you are hell bent on private
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        02.27.09, 07:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        much smaller classes and more attention for your dc
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        02.27.09, 07:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        better facilities too
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        02.27.09, 07:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        not true
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        02.27.09, 07:43 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        which part?
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        02.27.09, 07:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - np: to each her own. we really liked both schools and vastly preferred them to our public options. there are very happy, engaged kids at both schools from what we saw as well as according to friends with dcs at each. OP, don't listen to the nasties, go with your gut.
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        02.27.09, 07:35 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        where are you sending your kids?
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        02.27.09, 07:41 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - I completely disagree and fwiw, I prefer Trevor. The families at Trevor are lovely--warm, accomplished, smart with a quiet intellectual bent and unpretentious. If you can, get a copy of the Board of Trutess profile -- you will be very impressed. We are zoned for PS 6 - there are 29 children in a class--compared to Trevor - 14-15 in a class-far more indiv attn. There are far fewer differences among privates, esp in the lower grades, than between any one private and public. And don't listen to UP hype about tiers and ranking. It's based on college admissions. Caliber of entering classes much different than graduating classes. Every single private sends students to HYP and other tt colleges.
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    02.27.09, 08:32 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - thanks. do you send your kids there?
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      02.27.09, 08:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - We will in September.
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        02.27.09, 12:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I could not find Trustee information online. Do you have link?
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        02.27.09, 01:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        It is the printed materials we got when we applied. But call school or email school to see if they will send materials if you are interested.
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        02.27.09, 01:40 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- what's CGPS?
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  02.27.09, 07:37 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - 2 Defintions -- (1) Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School; (2) A school with a megalomaniac for a DOA
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    02.27.09, 08:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - NP: yes and not mutually exclusive btw
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      02.27.09, 08:56 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - lol. so true.
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        02.27.09, 12:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- i think they're both probably good. we didn't look at cgps, i think i'd choose the closest school.
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Trevor or CGPS?

neither

ouch. why?

bc both are too far away for us....but both good (comparable) schools!

I would probably pick CGPS.

anyone else?

they're like the same school different parts of town

not until you tell us why you are asking now

OP: PreK

are you deciding this now? how can that be?

PreK

Ah. Ok, well I think they are both good schools. I liked the vibe at Trevor a little more. Will they let you re-tour before deciding?

Not sure

also, just one of many differences: Trevor starts foreign language early and CGPS not until 7th grade, which seemed very late to us

thanks did not know that

on the flip side, CGPS teaches swimming while Trevor does not. there are differences, perhaps minor ones, but they are there.

Neither is worth the serious $.

ita....go to cheaper prek and then spend bigger bucks K and beyond

they are both ongoings but are not worth the $

why?

they offer a curriculum not much different from the public gen eds. You are better off looking at a cheaper private if you are hell bent on private

much smaller classes and more attention for your dc

better facilities too

not true

which part?

np: to each her own. we really liked both schools and vastly preferred them to our public options. there are very happy, engaged kids at both schools from what we saw as well as according to friends with dcs at each. OP, don't listen to the nasties, go with your gut.

where are you sending your kids?

thanks. do you send your kids there?

We will in September.

I could not find Trustee information online. Do you have link?

It is the printed materials we got when we applied. But call school or email school to see if they will send materials if you are interested.

what's CGPS?

2 Defintions -- (1) Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School; (2) A school with a megalomaniac for a DOA

NP: yes and not mutually exclusive btw

lol. so true.

i think they're both probably good. we didn't look at cgps, i think i'd choose the closest school.

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