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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - Thank you all so much for your candid and detailed responses. My gut keeps telling me private is the way to go, that we can always fall back on the public, that we have kept our costs modest so we have the option of giving the best to our kid, etc. My rational scientific-leaning brain keeps getting in the way - especially because no one in our social circle is going private, so it almost seems daunting. I think I need to trust my gut, though.

Thank you all again![/quote]

I actually think you should start in public if your school is good. If the teacher is good enough, a class of 25 is not a big deal at all, as public school teachers are trained to work with this many kids. My kids started in public, got a solid foundation in basic skills, and then moved to private. You might even find that public is a great fit. I also much preferred the social vibe at our diverse public than at our fancy private, but my kids are happier in the private overall so we are staying for the older grades. But I have zero regrets about starting in public ( am actually thrilled that I did not pay big bucks for PK-2).[/quote]

Interestingly, our public elementary is less diverse than the private we are going to. Is the curriculum 2.0 going to drag public school system down?[/quote]

What do you mean by “less diverse”? A majority are children of color? [/quote]

Not the PP, but our Big 3 is far more diverse racially and ethnically than Lafayette (our in-bounds school). I would say in terms of socio-economic status, the student body is probably similar. The true economic and social diversity comes with Deal and Wilson. Our Big 3 is still racially and ethnically diverse in the middle and high schools, but we don't have much of a true middle class--some kids on financial aid, and many from very wealthy families than can afford to send their kids to a school that costs $40K/year/student.[/quote]

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