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[quote=Anonymous]Not about 'college' about ENVIRONMENT and actual EDUCATION/LEARNING.

We chose a private high school with tons of community service requirements and values about giving back and morals that mirrored our own.  We are independents/fairly socially liberal, but our local public school system really jumped the shark since right before Covid.  They also teach down to the lowest common denominator.  They refused to introduce new material to students during Covid because it would be 'inequitable' to the small percentage of kids in the County w/out internet at home (instead of finding a solution for the minority while maintaining standards for the majority). The 'men are the problem' message was also toxic to boys.  The lack of control over iphone usage throughout the school day, the cover-up of incidents with fights or bullying also was enough.

Yes, my kids likely would have been fine as they are pretty thick-skinned, straight A students, etc.  But, we really saw the decline in the education at our publics and with standards based learning and allowing assignments to be turned in as late as they wanted and multiple 'tries' (over and over again) so that everyone would get the same result on their report card--even if the same level of production/performance/commitment and understanding of the material was not there.

Add in the over-population issues at the school and paying for private HS seemed more and more attractive.

I have a Freshmen and Junior and we have been thrilled with their high school experience and feel they will be more than ready to thrive in college with the education they have received.  The high school also mirrors the same approach we had since our kids were about 10---kids can be responsible for their own work and learn to advocate for themselves.  Neither my husband and I have ever interfered with a school or intervened and the kids are self-sufficient. I have never been on Canvas or Parentvue(middle school) and they pull down top grades and manage their work along with their own extracurricular/athletic schedules.

My kids are so much happier and healthier at the private.  The environment to learn and the teachers and the 'questioning' and going in depth and not strictly 'teach to the test' has been fantastic for my kids that were really bored in middle school.[/quote]

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