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[quote=Anonymous]We chose private because classes are small and the academics and athletics are really superb. We are zoned for a good elementary, good middle, and good high school. That said, the high school is large and standards seem to be all over the place in the elementary and middle schools (anecdotal). We did go to the K open house and it was pretty much what we expected: it would be helpful if your kids could zip up their jackets and do their own buttons, etc. I have two younger kids and we will probably send them all to the private my oldest is at assuming they get in and we continue to have a good experience. The public school system is good and my children would get good educations in private or public but they wouldn't get similar educations. And there is a difference. Is the difference worth $50K x 3 every year? I don't know. I'm a bit of a skeptic. I was in both public and private and I don't think that private produces better outcomes per se (I think it varies quite a bit actually) but I do think that there is probably more of an opportunity for most kids to learn more and good more support at a good private than in public. And that is 80% based on resources and 20% based on educational standards at public schools being driven by the state and occasionally impacted by ideology (example: Lucy Caulkins messiness vs just using phonics). [/quote]

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