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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone knows UP is terrible. It is better than 99% of PG publics but that is not saying much.  At the end of the day, what is worth more to you?  Vacations and cars or your child's well being and education?  Even if UP is "not so bad" why is that acceptable for your child?  Why would you not want the very best for your child?  What is more important to invest your money in then your own child?   Bottom line is if you live in PG you need to send your know kids to private.[/quote]

I want a community and the opportunity for my kid to go to school with many of his neighbors. I want a diverse social experience and learning to communicate and build friendships with people from different backgrounds. I want teachers with decades of experience. I want a walking drop-off, walking to play dates after school, and not a slog of a commute.

Why do you get to define what makes a school "acceptable" for us? Test scores will always look a certain way for low-income students. Does that mean I want to separate my high-income student from them entirely because I can afford to? What am I trading for those good test scores (or presumably the "better" education without any test scores to compare) at the private school?

Take your preachy, one-sided and ill-informed message somewhere else.[/quote]

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