I will add one to the list that may not appeal to those of you with kids in St domingo, since it is not bilingual, but I have to say that it is quite good, very good ambience,a nd very cheap. The Escuela Nueva in the Ciudad Universitaria zone is a lovely little school that has a pretty liberal and progressive attitude toward education with an emphasis on encouraging a child's independent imagination. There are many parents from other countries sending their children there,a nd the children have none of the classist attitude that is an inevitable result of attending an elite institution, particularly in a poor developing nation. St. Pat's looks good to me too, but for now I am going to send my daughter to Escuela Nueva. The tuition is very low, which means that middle class Dominicans can afford it, and the student mix is thus very balanced. Btw, the tuition is low enough so that if you wanted to enroll your child in after-school English classes, say at Progressive or some other such school, you could well afford to do so and still pay less than you would be paying at these other elite schools. This school is worth looking into.
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