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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moved my first two in 9th and will do it with my last as well.  Zero regrets.  They were nervous and man their private school friends and teachers made them think that they were going to be entering a war zone by attending a public high school in Fairfax County.

After the first two days it was all fine.  Public school gave them more friend groups, class choices and extracurricular activities.  I think private did some things very well (Science not one of them),prepared them to be better writers, know how to study, etc.  But the one thing that they have said to me is the worse teachers in high school, the ones everyone hates are not that different from the mid-level private school teachers they had.  They told me private school prepared them to deal with difficult teachers and that really hit home.

In two years at public and some 20 something teachers they have had one "bad" one which they said would have been normal at private school.  For the most part they think that the quality of the teaching is much better in public.

Since they are 15 and 16 now, I think that they are old enough to make an informed opinion and I value it.  No regrets.[/quote]
Just clarifying because it took me a second, you’re describing the opposite of OP’s question, right? You moved your kids from private to public? [/quote]

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