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[quote=Anonymous]We let our DS decide.  We started planting the idea in his head in 6th grade.  He was pretty adamant that he wanted to go to public high school.  We live in a very good school district (W school), so if it had to be public, it would have been fine.  But we really waned our DS to go to a Catholic high school.  We started bringing him to open houses in 7th grade.  In 8th grade he agreed to take the standardized tests and write the essays for admission, knowing that if was admitted, he could decide to go to his W high school.  The results came in and he got into every school to which he applied.  By then, he had made his mind up that he did NOT want to go to public high school.  I don't know what the reason was, but I believe it was the right decision.  He couldn't be happier, and as it turns out, the public schools have only been getting worse for many reasons, so we are also happy.  Bottom line, don't put pressure on him, but see if he would be willing to go through the application process, knowing that he could decide when the time comes.  If anything, getting into these schools might be a nice ego booster for him as well.[/quote]

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