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[quote=Anonymous]thanks for this thoughtful post - very helpful and level-headed!

[quote=Anonymous]Important to find a private school that isn't tiny.  It's just not a good way to go socially to have a tiny crowd - kids need that diversity and ability to find their tribe.  Once we changed out to a school with 80 kids per grade, they and us are so much happier.  The limited population means that it's all a clique - if you don't get along with one, you aren't going to get along with any.  It really is not conducive to a happy environment.  Even if you do get joy out it, as the years progress, life changes and you have to be able to adapt and get a long with a wider group of people.

Important to find a school that is not going to baby the kids.  We moved from a school that constantly gave additional make up chances for papers/exams to upper elementary and it's not doing our kids any good.  Public won't do that and there's something to be said for needing to learn from your mistakes upfront - you have to take responsibility for doing the work.

Definitely the long long summers and many days off but honestly depending on the school and public school zone, it could be a wash.  Typically speaking though, the summers are going longer in private.  13 weeks is a LONG summer!

I don't feel that the money thing is a huge deal nor the bullying/snobbery.  I think you find good, nice, bad, difficult people everywhere.  As long as you have a diverse population.  You are obviously more likely to find well-to -do families in private settings but again, good and nice people who have money are still good and nice :)  We have several very well to do families we know in public - I mean - you will find them throughout DMV area cause we all live in a bubble.

Public is good for the regular kid who is fine with everything.  Good student, strong identity and can make friends easily, strong academic aptitude ie they like school/learning/responsible.  My kids love their private school - they say they learn in an innovative, interesting way and it's just more in depth.  You really have to find that right school though - NOT ALL privates are as good as a public school and not all public schools suck.  The biggest difference however is that the public school mandate of Common Core and teaching for tests is really tough for true critical thinking.  You basically are learning how to take tests.  That's not a bad thing I guess but in the long term, having a life as an adult, I'm not sure how that really helps you.  [/quote][/quote]

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