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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sure this is not a 'new' topic but I must be using the wrong search terms for this forum.  Both of our kids went to public elementary and we always planned to send them to private HS.  Our public HS is Sherwood - so arguably fine academically, but not like a W school-- and we do hear a lot from around the neighborhood about some of the social and drug issues with Sherwood.  Our oldest is at SJC and she loves it, although initially she was not sure that private HS was a good choice.  We thought it was, both socially and academically, so we did exert some pressure to convince her of this, and fortunately it all worked out better than I could have hoped.  Our younger son sees the handwriting on the wall and has started telling me that he does not want to go to private HS, whether at his sister's school or any other. His arguments are pretty good -- he has explained how he is more motivated and a better independent worker than his older sister (true);  unlike her, he is in honors/advanced courses so those are the classes he would take in public HS (true) and thus he would not be in classes with the "bad" kids at Sherwood (not sure this is true); all his friends are going to public (true); and he is more likely to play soccer at Sherwood (he does play travel but no idea whether this is accurate, depends on the school, right?).  We in general are a family where parents make the decisions, not the kids, although the kids' input is considered, so this should be easy!  However, I am wavering a bit as this is a big decision, he raises good points, and I do think kids should be treated according to their particular needs and that a global "only private HS" approach is not accomplishing this end.  Plus, maybe we could convince him that private HS is a good fit for him, like we did his sister, but he is stubborn so maybe we won't be able to...and I really don't want to try to force him to go to a school to which he adamantly objects.  He is in 7th grade so we have some time to think about this as he won't be shadowing etc. until fall.  Does anyone who has been through something similar have advice?  [/quote]

Your son does not sound like a kid who will get mixed up with drugs or the wrong crowd. Let him go to Sherwood.[/quote]

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