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[quote=Anonymous]No.  We’re raising our kids in a middle class area and they attend an urban and socioeconomicly diverse public school.  They did private for elementary plus lots of supplemental work at home with us.  But in public middle/high school, there are so many fantastic yet underutilized opportunities for them.  They can be captain of their sports team, president of their class, join and/or start any student club, start a new sport and play varsity level, attend specialty rigorous academic programs…the list goes on.  Low competition and high yield of amazing opportunities to be had.

In comparison to the kids of friends and and family that live in high income areas and kids attend the top schools in the state: competition is cut throat for any accelerated academic programs and many many deserving and capable  don’t get spots, same with varsity sports, the good music teachers, etc.  Every single leadership, sports, or academic opportunity is flooded with kids competing for it.  And to be quite honest, the academic advancements available to my children are much better than since it is highly supported by the community and focused on the quality [/quote]

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