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[quote=Anonymous]I have been going back and forth about whether a public or private school woud be best for my daughter. She is 8 years old and is in a private catholic school. I love the teachers there, they really care about the kids, they gently remind her when she gets off task and help her in any way they can. Also, the academics are very good, she is always being challenged and is very bright though takes longer than classmates to do some assignments. But the issue that I see is that many of the girls are mean and there are at least 4 bully-type girls between the two 2nd grade classes. My concern is that my sweet bubbly outgoing girl has become more and more shy and gets teased a lot. The school is helpful, will talk to the children and intercede as much as possible but these kids don't always stop and as the teacher told us, "if the kids in her class stay overnight for bootcamp and not go home they would be different children."  The point is that many of these parents do not face up to and put a stop to their children's behavior. I wonder what will happen in terms of friendships since it is the same girls every year. This year, she has not been invited to any birthday parties, though she is truly a nice, pretty and wonderful girl (and I know I am biased). We have been to 2 other schools due to husband work transfer and she has always had a nice group of friends.  She says she tries hard to become friends with many of the other girls in the class but a lot of them are swayed by the bullies and mean ones. I am trying to arm her with lots of self-defense skills, etc. But I wonder if things would be better in public school or worse?  Any experiences you could share of elementary school private vs. public would be greatly appreciated!! [/quote]

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