private school??

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Registered: 01-28-2004
private school??
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Mon, 10-09-2006 - 11:45am
Does you send your child to private school.
What do you like about it?
What do you hate about it?
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Registered: 12-28-2004
Tue, 10-10-2006 - 3:33pm

>>We are lucky to be in a smaller upscale community and our public school system is within the top 10 of our state!

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Registered: 09-26-2003
Tue, 10-10-2006 - 3:54pm

Whoa Marylandcrab, deep breaths for you!


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Tue, 10-10-2006 - 3:59pm

See that was exactly my point to Maryland crab!


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Tue, 10-10-2006 - 4:00pm
YEp ours too and I think that is how it should be!

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Registered: 01-17-2004
Tue, 10-10-2006 - 4:09pm

"That's how our school district is. People are always wavering their kids into our school district. It can be a drag."

When kids get "waived" in, who pays the tuition? I am curious because school funding varies widely, and I like to know how other areas deal with this issue.

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Tue, 10-10-2006 - 5:17pm

I don't currently (well, technically I do since homeschooling is considered a private school here!) but my son attended private for the first few years.


I liked small class sizes, having a sense of more control over events (very involved parents), knowing ALL the parents in the school (literally), being involved in the school board and having good communication with all the teachers and principal, etc.

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Registered: 01-28-2004
Tue, 10-10-2006 - 5:35pm
if you go back and read all these post everyone is complaining about the same things. Its either the fundraising things... which is not really fair or its the basic education what the school teaches if its just straight to a test to pass or if its actually an education of learning to get them ready for the future. Either way the choice is wether you choose to pay for the childs education or not. Some do some dont. Every place has a problem. What I have found out. No matter where I go. My biggest problem will not be solved by moving schools. However I kind of know that we will have to switch by the end of the year. Because of not being asked back. So my problem will stay with me no matter where I go. I would have just hoped that maybe a private school would be more strict as to its rules. No one ever stated that. Thanks everyone.
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Tue, 10-10-2006 - 5:58pm
They don't pay tuition. We pay the taxes for their kids. :)
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Tue, 10-10-2006 - 5:59pm
A red flag went up for me when Hannah was in the private school and they said I need to get her a lap top for third grade. :)
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Tue, 10-10-2006 - 6:05pm

"The schools in my district are AWESOME for k-5 but once we reach the middle/high school they fall off."

That's too bad. I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE my daughter's middle school. Not only is it nurturing, but they have a fabulous track record at getting kids into the elite prep/boarding schools. I met with my daughter's team today, and they were all awesome. The school is near one of the prep schools, and so the faculty (who have to live on campus) send their children there. This pretty much ensures that the academic standards are kept high.

Our high school isn't too shabby either. It was featured in Boston Magazine under the heading, "Prep School Perks at Public School Price". After the private prep schools depleat us of the best and brightest (there are a lot of private prep schools in the area, and the one in town takes about forty local kids), our graduates still get into a pretty impressive list of colleges. The school has also received national and state recognition.

If I lived elsewhere I might seriously consider private schools (or even homeschooling), but I haven't had to make that choice.