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I think Cov Day is expanding, and also the senior community further down.
I don't have a dog in the hunt because I'm perfectly happy with my kids' public school. But, from a slight bit of research, word of mouth, and driving past both schools each day, I'd choose Charlotte Christian hands down.
I can tell you, as a Covenant Day School parent with an eighth grader that has been at CDS since Kindergarten, it is one of the best private school choices in the Charlotte area. The kids walk through the bible every day, the teachers and staff are caring, loving and understanding of the stages the kids go through at each level of their development. CDS's academics are honed to give each child their highest potential in learning and parent-teacher communication is highly regarded. Someone posted above that CDS is "small" (we have a 800+ enrollment and our class ratio is 18-22) and will not offer "all the college prep advantages that a school like Charlotte Christian does"; I beg to differ on that point. Covenant Day has a state of the art High School with every high school student assigned their own personal computer notebook. Another poster pointed out that CDS is "not as popular or diverse as Charlotte Christian"; we do not strive to be "popular" at Covenant Day School, we strive to do what we do best and that is teach the Word, teach the academics and teach the individual child. As far as diversity goes, CDS has lots of different nationalities. Skin color is only one inidication of birth origin. Check out the facts on diversity, you'll see a lot at CDS. Yes, you get what you pay for, and if learning God's truth, rigorous academics, college prep courses, fine athletics and warm, caring staff is included in your list of wants for a private Christian school, then CDS is the school for your family.
If you check the stats from both schools, Covenant Day posts 3% diversity(which is actually the lowest percentage in all the top private schools in south charlotte). Charlotte Christian posts 18% diversity. My child goes to neither school but does go to one of the other private schools and he has 34% diversity. It really depends on what you are looking for in a school. Diversity was important to me.
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