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There are lots of great neighborhood public elementary schools. There are obviously also lots of great public high schools but the are culturally very different than a private HS. A top public elementary is not as dramatically different from a private.[/quote]

It is not about academics, but behavior and manners. You can identify a public school kid based on how they behave. [/quote]

Not as much anymore. Lots of kids at top public elementary schools blend seamlessly with private school kids, and many go on to private for middle school and/or high school and adjust very easily. At our public elementary there were a few families that had very significant money. One of those families had a child who was a total punk - money does not give class.[/quote]

For private, the child has to pass playgroup assessments and most families have been training their child since 2. When attend extracurricular activities, there is no learning going on by how disruptive the environment is.[/quote]

The previous poster said “lots” - plenty of parents (like me) raise their public school kids with excellent manners too, but also with the resilience to deal with distracting classmates and learn anyway.

Given how many public school kids join TT private schools as ringers in 9th grade, surely you’d have to admit that they’re managing to learn good behavior and academic excellence somehow.[/quote]

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