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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our regular old public was as you described. Lots of smart kids with smart parents and Ivy degrees, including us. And we both went to public high school too. It was great until it wasn't. Depends on the kid. The academics will be generally the same, give or take a few specialized electives at either at the high school level, as will the college options for a given kid (though this may be changing for some kids with the grade inflation/TO situation these days).

We switched mostly to get away from a bad social situation, and it made all the difference. I'm not sure they would be the people they are today if they had stayed. Your environment shapes you, and the same setting does different things to different kids. Who you meet and how they treat you matters more than anything else.

So, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.[/quote]

My kids have a lot of friends and their social situations are fine. I just wonder if we are doing them a disservice of not sending them to private. In every other aspect of our lives, we pay for the better option. I’m wondering if we could provide a better option of education.[/quote]

Depends on what "better" means to you in this context.[/quote]

^^ I mean this, and people responses will show you just that. To one person, lots of STEM electives is better, to another lots of kids interested in the same subject matter is better, to another having a balance of STEM and humanities is better, to another a classical education strong in all subjects across the board is better, to another its access to a certain language or the ability to take two or immersion, to another many options for electives even though your kids can only take a few is better, to another a school with only high IQ kids, while to yet another a mix of intellectual levels is better as long as it has your kid's level; or better means access to rich kids, or a more diverse class, or religious education, or the best team for your kid's sport, or sports where any kid gets to play, or the best art teachers, or the most robust theater or music program, or the best debate team and so on and so on.

You kid will be well educated anywhere; the differences are around the edges. The point is to know what you want for your kid, to know where your kid will thrive and be confident in your own choice about that. Others will always have another opinion, and try to rank schools (putting their choice on top, because to them it is -- it has what they wanted).

What is important to you?[/quote]

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