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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at private school that has excellent instructors; [b]however the kids are not motivated and it is highly unlikely that the class make up will change so this is the hand we are dealt.  My kid could sleep through a test and still yield better scores than his classmates [/b]- I am not bragging on my kid - I am actually surprised that this is the case - but for my kid and one or two other kids, most of the class literally doesn’t  try or care.  We are zoned for an excellent middle school where we can get both - strong academics, academic peer group and a culture where learning/being smart is not considered uncool.  We know the info about the public middle is accurate because we have lots of friends there since kid was formerly in public elementary school.  Trying another private is not an option because we like our local public high school and plan to go there so don’t want to hop to another private middle only to end up back at the public high school.  Would you stay for the excellent instruction alone or move to the public middle?  [/quote]

Hate to burst your bubble, but my kids 'strong public middle school' is the same.  They had a stronger elementary school in terms of homework and expectations. I find even in great school districts like ours---middle school is usually the weak point.

I sent my kids to a strong private HS and it is definitely more academically sound than our 'strong public HS' which is now ridiculously over-crowded.[/quote]

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