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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way new admission policy is structured, private school child will have lesser chance of being accepted. I can't understanf why parents who chooses to send thier kids to private wants to jump to public school in 9th grade!! [/quote]

I did private for K-8 and switch my kids to public high school. Oldest went to base school, middle to TJ, and youngest to base. I didn’t even have youngest apply to TJ.

Why do we switch? I felt like private K-8 had the small class sizes needed at younger grades, able to better handle discipline/disruptive behaviors, and differentiate the curriculum more than public. By high school, public high school curriculum can be as challenging as the child can handle and classmates are generally equally as focused as my kids. My kids seem well prepared and have done outstanding. Of the local private high schools near me, I just don’t see enough of a difference between public base school and private high school to warrant $160K ($40K/year) per kid.[/quote]

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