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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today I visited a good public elementary school in DC. While I understand that kids in public high schools may have some behavioral issues, what I saw at the elementary level was that this public school is much better than my current private school.

To begin with, it has four different teachers specialized in math, science, social studies, and English. At our current private school, which is considered “elite,” the homeroom teacher teaches all of those subjects, and not especially well to begin with.

Yes, class sizes are slightly bigger in the public school, but are there really any meaningful benefits to a private elementary school? At least compared with our current private school, I could not see any major advantage.[/quote]

The main draw of private elementary is not having to deal with kids with behavior problems. (Refer to the dozens of dcum posts regarding how to deal with chair throwers, regular class evacuations due to a kid losing it, etc at our top public schools.)

Secondary perks include not having to deal with tons of standardized testing, getting more person attention due to smaller class size and having little Connor exposed to way more music, art, non-academic classes than he would have gotten in public school.

Other than that, it’s not worth it.[/quote]

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