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Best Private School for Nontraditional Learners

McLean School of Maryland

 

North Potomac’s Sherri Greenbaum gets emotional talking about her eighth-grade son’s experience at McLean, a K-12 private school for students with learning issues.

“It’s an extremely nurturing place,” she says. “They actually try to meet [students’] needs. For my son, it was a really big thing.”

That’s because the school believes in students’ “unique brilliance” and accommodates different learning styles. “Part of our job is to find another key to unlock each child,” says Head of School Darlene Pierro. Tuition at the school costs $25,775 to $31,150.

8224 Lochinver Lane, Potomac, 301-299-8277, www.mcleanschool.org

Other top vote-getters: The Siena School, The Diener School, The Lab School, The Katherine Thomas School, The Ivymount School

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