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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are in college now and the kids who left for private didn’t have any better college outcomes than the kids who stayed. Bright kids are going to thrive anywhere. [/quote]

It's not just about college, but I guess people can't quite grasp that concept. I prefer to have my kid happy, safe, and less stressed in her high school years vs. being in a violent environment where there might not be a place to sit in your classroom or lunchroom or a bathroom close by to use.[/quote]

Obviously, a lot of public school parents don’t care about their kid’s daily environment and are instead focused on what college the kid ends up at.

Or they think being in such an environment builds their kid’s ‘resilience.’[/quote]

Or it’s not as bad as you choose to believe to justify your choice. Confirmation bias.[/quote]

Or it is bad and you're in denial.  My parents didn't think it was that bad for me and I went to a wealthy public school.  In middle school I got offered cocaine in the bathroom.  I saw people having sex in the hallway.  I saw a real gun that someone brought to school (it stayed in the kid's backpack) - and this was the early 90s before Columbine.  I knew gang members- and even sang with one of them in our district choir - so we were kinda friends.  Kids drank, smoked and did drugs.  I was exposed to all of it and may parents didn't know, because I didn't say anything- it was my normal.  Not a chance I'm sending my kid to the wealthy public schools I attended.  I know there are no gang members or guns at my kid's schools.  Sire there are sex and drugs - but not in the bathroom.[/quote]

Well I went to public and it was fine. Anecdotes are meaningless.[/quote]

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