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In addition, there are some 2nd and 3rd rate private schools that offer inferior academics to  those offered at top area publics.

None of this means there is anything wrong with choosing private.  You just shouldn't fool yourself into believing that just because someone chooses it and pays for it, it's automatically better. [/quote]

I was in agreement but you lost me at "top area publics". We are in one such "top area public" school and the fact is that the limitations built in by the state curriculum is the reason we choose to leave and go private next year. Top or not, there is a limit at the top. Now, some kids do test into special treatment, and some kids have the stamina to do additional work after school. I simply have a bright child -- not a genius -- who is not getting the right challenge, and who is learning to limit herself because nobody would allow her to stretch. I'm not even talking about encouragement. When everything is governed to the millimeter, the notion of a TOP public school refers to: community, after-school private enrichment, and how well the school implements a mediocre curriculum. None of these dimensions would enter my measure of what a good school is. So as long as a school is safe, it's just as good as a top school. And that's the point, I guess, in this state.

I could have written the OP's original message, as we're gearing up to tell close neighbors that one of our children will not attend their school anymore. unlike other posters, we do have a warm relationship with our neighbors, and issues of school come up with regularity in our conversations. Finding that community in the private school we're heading to will remain a challenge. I'm certain both me and my child will miss them.[/quote]

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