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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another thing I would mention is that private schools usually have a head of admissions whereas public schools do not so they do not 'advertise' as well I think.  My neighbor was all concerned because she didn't get a good sell from the staff on the public school and ended up being one of the main reasons for choosing private.  I'm sure now that she's in private she's glad her taxpayer dollars aren't going toward the staff spending time advertising the school.  Just because the school isn't fawning all over you, doesn't mean it's a bad school.  They just don't have the resources to cater as much to new parents and instead focus their efforts on the students already there.[/quote]

This has got to be one of the most absurd reasons for choosing private over public.[/quote]

I agree but a friend of mine made the same argument to me. She wanted her son to go to a place that really appeared to want him. Our local public is great, but is nearly at capacity and frankly doesn't care if it gets one additional student, but the private she chose stood to gain her $25K tuition if she chose them. Of course the private will fawn more. Silly reason.[/quote]

Both my kids shadowed at our Bethesda public high school when they were looking at school options and they could not have been nicer about it.  The principal met with both of them personally.  They actually do want the kids coming from private school and seemed to go out of their way to facilitate that.  And I am not sure I would say the competitive private schools fawn over applicants.  In fact many on this board argue quite the opposite.[/quote]

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