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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Frankly, the reason parents spend $40k/year for a top private school is the education they receive K-12, not future college admissions[/b]. And the students who do the best are "intellectual" in ways that run-of-the-mill public schools just don't even try to meet.  The basic public school curriculum just doesn't come close to the humanities and social science at my DC's school.  [/quote]

No, frankly the reason parents chose to spend $40k for private is to make "connections" and separate their children from the unwashed masses. [/quote]

While I'm not paying anywhere near $40K a year, I'm sending my kids to private HS for a variety of reasons, the very least of which is to make connections and separate from the unwashed masses.  But a top reason is the first face they see upon entering school every morning is not that of the school's resource officer.  [/quote]

What's a resource officer?

We're at a public school and all the adults welcoming kids into the school are really nice. The Principal stands in the entrance, greets everyone and shakes hands.

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School Resource Officer (SRO) is a law enforcement officer who is attached to the school or a group of schools.  At our public HS, it's a county police officer and he is dedicated FT to our HS.  He has an office by the principal's office.

Sounds like your public HS and ours are very different.  Glad yours is welcoming and doesn't have the need for an SRO's broad presence.[/quote]

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