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[quote=Anonymous]Private for 4 years and finally made the switch because....

1. Privates are ill-equipped to help kids at either end of the learning spectrum. They don't have the specialists and resources on staff and smaller class size doesn't matter if one student needs all the attention.

2. Privates are not as good as dealing with bullying issues, especially when it involves big donors, POC, or kids of staff. Public's aren't perfect here either but MUCH better.

3. Kids can walk which makes an environmental impact and saves time too.

4. Neighborhood friends.

5. A lot more rigor, especially if you can get into AAP or TAG, and especially in math. Our privates (we went to four as we moved quite a bit) were almost all a year behind in curriculum.

6. Public schools have better teachers on the whole. Private school teachers tend to be less gifted in classroom management. Though I've seen the reverse too. Just a trend I've noticed.

Do I miss the extras? Beautiful campus, crazy awesome playground, music/art twice a week, language. Yeah, kind of. But they don't add up to more than 1-6 above. Plus, public is free and you automatically become a larger part of your own community.

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