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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved our kid from public to private this year for HS. The additional expense is putting a strain on our household finances and is creating a fair amount of stress for us. We made it clear to the kid that we were willing to bear the expense but only if they put in the work that would be necessary to ace their classes. Suffice to say, that doesn’t seem to be happening. Grades thus far - early days to be fair - are middling and teachers are expressing concern about homework that is not being done on time and a lack of participation. [b]The kid loves the school and would hate us (and possibly bear a grudge for a long time) for pulling them out and returning them to public, [/b]but the huge expense is really hard to justify if they aren’t pulling their weight. We’ll have a long chat and monitor the situation through at least the end of the year, but it’d be good to know how others handled similar situations. [/quote]

Do not do this to your kid. You made the decision to pull them out of their public and they are happy so please be grateful they are happy. Don't switch them back again. You are the adult and should have known your finances before making such a switch. Give the kid a chance to adjust and hopefully you switched them for other reasons than for them to get just high grades. Private is so much more than that. [/quote]

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