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[quote=Anonymous]I have similar concerns as the PPs.   I admire your passion but really question your experience with schools.

Finding "excellent" teachers at a low salary (and keeping them) is extremely challenging, even for highly experienced administrators.

Also I think your ideas of "trouble" children are a bit worrisome.  Some children have challenges at home, learning challenges, etc.  (These are elementary kids you are talking about right?!?)  Many of the bright, charming, outgoing children in my son's private K class this past year would have definitely been considered disruptive in an environment that was not developmentally appropriate.

Your positioning of strict, academic - would not resonate with many of the private school parents I know, especially for elementary.   I think people possibly looking for more structure would be inclined to go parochial with an established school for similar tuition costs.  I can't figure out who your market would be.

Also - how exactly do you think it would work if you wanted to counsel out a "trouble" child (however you define that) when you are a young school and really need the tuition to cover your costs? What would the impact be on enrollment if the perception was that you were excluding certain types of students?

Agreed with PPs you should start with the homeschool networks.  You may find what you need for your children there, or possibly a more robust framework to start one.

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