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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone whose kids actually spent time in local public schools before switching doesn't spend any time wondering.  We're just grateful to have a better option.[/quote]

Hope you are right on this. Our DC will be moving to private schools starting next year for middle school after having been in public school through the end of elementary school. We did not use any admissions consultants or pull any connections.  We applied on a lark and were surprised that DC got in given how supposedly competitive the process is supposed to be.  I think the supposed competition is more hype than substance to make people feel special that they got into School X or School Y. I suspect that there must be 20-30 kids at DC's current public school who are as capable (if not, in many ways, more capable) than DC, but who simply didn't bother to apply.

That said, I view this as a two year experiment and I am more than happy to pull the plug, if there's not a meaningful difference. As someone who went to public schools my entire life (but who is surrounded by coworkers who seem to all send their kids to private schools), I am skeptical that there's any substantive difference. When my family was debating what to do, I pointed out that studies show that, at least in terms of career outcomes, there is not a meaningful difference between public and private schools, once you factor in household income.  Alas, others in my family, including DC, were swayed by the supposed prestige of the school and the nicer facilities and so a two year experiment begins.[/quote]

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