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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  Read a million of posts like this in the independent school forum.  So many reasons to go private. If you are thinking the only benefit is a leg up for college, stay public, unless you are legacy to a top school your kid won't benefit in the college game.

Smaller class sizes
Better students - families more focused on education 
More resources 
More direct attention to your kid
Tailored learning programs 
Better coaching (my kid is an artist and they brought resources from outside school to develop her talent)
Engaged teachers
Better parent community 
Character development 
Social development 
More nurturing environment 
More community events
And on and on and on

Lots of folks on this forum are only focused on college placement - these are not private school suitable families [/quote]

When you pay $50k/year for private school tuition, you think of all sorts of justifications/rationalizations for why it's worth it.  Case in point.

SMH[/quote]

+1000.  Know plenty of parents who pay private-school tuitions because they think they can offload more parenting to a private school and/or enjoy the conspicuous spending and potential prestige associated therewith.  [/quote]then.

You actually know these people or you are bias against these people and push your perceptions?  My guess is the latter and you have a combination if insecurity and jealousy.  I say this as a parent who actually  is in both communities.  It is very rare to see what you are insinuating in private schools.  It's much more common to see disengaged parents in public - yes, even at TJ where my DD attends.  There are great parents in both school systems.  Many of the bad or mediocre parents are weeded out of the private system by design.[/quote]

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