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[quote=Anonymous]- We're religious and appreciate that the school our kids are now at aligns with our faith (but we were in public for many years and the a-religious aspect of public was not a dealbreaker for us on it's own).

- The use of technology for [b]everything[/b] in our local public was annoying. My kids were given grammar instruction by Lexia and required to do ST Math unrelated to what their actual math units were on-and-off. But the absolute worst were the teachers who, post-Covid, decided that using the ridiculous Google slide decks they created during virtual school were still appropriate instead of worksheets for SECOND graders. Despite the over-reliance on ed-tech, typing instruction was only offered as a small part of a middle school elective and not given to kids before they needed it.

- Writing instruction is so far superior at the private that it's not even funny.

- We do have at least one academically gifted kid, and the private we picked offered a similar accelerated math track and much more hands on science than our local public. Eventually (late high school) the private won't be able to compete with the publics on math, but we have a plan to provide those options via local or online universities if needed.

- When my kids do struggle academically, the school has better supports in place for average kids to excel than the publics. In public you have to be doing incredibly poorly to get support. In our private everyone who wants it can go see a tutor for free during school hours. This takes a big load off my plate as a parent.

- The homework expectations give my kids a lot more chance to actually master the material. At our public elementary the homework started in 1st but disappeared by 4th. That left some gaps in math. My kids learned things and promptly forgot them due to lack of practice.

- The social scene at our private has been far better for my kids than it was at our public. This is very our kids/our family specific, but it mattered to us. Watching one of my kids go from thinking of herself as a social unskilled nerd to realizing she is a bright but also friendly kid has been huge. Without this school environment it would not have happened. Same environment wouldn't be perfect for everyone, but it's working for our kids for now.

- At our public school my kids dealt with occasional physical violence from other kids, or witnessed it. It wasn't pervasive, but still. At our private kids can still get loud and a little crazy (and my kids wish they didn't), but there's not physical violence.[/quote]

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