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[quote=Anonymous]This is 20:47 chiming in on one additional point.  I had two friends who were planning on entering pk3 at St. Anthony's this fall.  One was another black family who had friends who attended the school and loved it and one was a white family whose daughter who also really liked the school after going to an open house.  Both were accepted but neither ended up attending at the last minute.  The black family got into Inspired Teaching and really struggled with passing on that opportunity.  The white family really wanted a break from the costs associated with school after 3 years of hefty daycare costs.  At  the last minute they found a charter school that from what I can surmise isn't that highly regarded on here, but decided that since it was just preschool they would go for it to save money and try the lottery next year as they really want to go the public route and not have to pay for school for awhile.

For our family, we wanted a school where our children could be from pk3 - 8th grade if possible and were willing to pay a reasonable amount in school fees for the right school while still allowing us to save for private high school (which we always planned on doing).  I don't doubt that the the fear of attending primarily black schools does play a part as mentioned by the pp.  I don't know how long St. Anthony's has been doing open houses, however the fact that they do offer them both during the school day to see school in action and in the evening gives you an opportunity to see the school in action.  We went to two daytime open houses/school tours.  Each family gets their own student tour guide.  What better way to both see the school and get a sense of the students in a more one-on-one setting. We were really impressed with both of our tour guides.  One was an 8th grade boy who had just gotten accepted into all of the schools he applied to (he was deciding between Gonzaga and a few others) and the other was a 7th grade girl who was the sweetest thing.  She's now in the 8th grade and our son already knows her by name and rushed up to her to give her a hug goodbye when he saw her in the school lobby at pickup yesterday.

Ok let me stop before I get accused of being a booster.  I'm just thrilled that we are there and really hope this will be our school home for the next 11 years for both our kids.[/quote]

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