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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, I'll play. I've had kids in both public and private:

My ideal school would be big and diverse enough to have the benefits of public schools, where kids meet and interact with a wide range of people economically and otherwise. But classes would be smaller than the average public -- a limit of 16 kids in elementary and 20 kids for high school.

The school would have the energy of a large school, with lots of clubs and activities, but teachers and administrators would know my child as an individual. High school kids would have a teacher assigned as a mentor/advisor, and I don't just mean a guidance counselor.

The class day would start at a human hour -- between 8 and 9am -- and would end a bit later, say at 3 or 3:30 pm. In high school, kids would have block schedules. Classes would be longer and meet every other day. All kids would get one free period a day, apart from lunch, to meet with teachers, get started on homework, or just relax.

Ideally, my school would welcome kids from all backgrounds, including kids with special needs, but would have the ability to remove kids who were disruptive to the learning environment.

Finally, my ideal school would ask everyone to pay on a sliding scale, according to what the family could afford. Everyone, however, would have to pay something for their child to attend. Also, parents would be required to commit to some minimal level of involvement. Not helicopter level, but something to ensure they had a stake in their child's education.

[b]My ideal school could never exist, of course. It just doesn't work that way[/b].[/quote]

And that is a damned shame.  If anyone ever finds this school, please report back.  I would step on my own mother's face to get my son into a school like that!!  ;)[/quote]

I would spend a year in a filthy Mount Everest base camp to get my kid in. Seriously.[/quote]

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