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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your son sounds like a thoughtful kid!

Like the other posters, I'd ask him to pick out a couple schools (and you pick one or two) to have him consider. Ask him to keep an open mind. Put down some criteria. If honors classes are important to you, put that on the list. If being on the soccer team is important to him, put that on the list. It might be that in a year, touring different schools, he'll have found a private that he thinks would suit him. It might be that he doesn't. It sounds like he'll do fine for himself no matter where he ends up, which would make me inclined to give his opinion a reasonable amount of weight.

You say your DH is less likely to be convinced about letting him go to public. If that were my DH, I'd make sure he was actively involved in the school selection process, including visiting the possible public HS. He should be fully aware of what your son might be giving up in order to go to private, just as you want your son to be fully aware of what he might be giving up in order to go public. You shouldn't be the mediator between your son and his dad. If your DH is private-all-the-way, then your son deserves to have him hear out why he's wrong (according to your son).[/quote]

NP.  This is great advice.  Thanks. [/quote]

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