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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that there isn't the equivalent of a really good suburban public high school. Options for HS are:

1) SHSAT schools which are pressure cookers, big classes, lots of FGLI kids who study 24/7. Generally big schools (except HSMSE which is too small).
2) Top Gen Ed public schools. Not many of them. Big classes. Need a top lottery number to get something like ElRo. Most of them have at least one major gap. Worried about your life being at the whim of the unpredictable DOE.
3) TT schools. Pressure cookers. If you are not off the chart smart or connected you will just be some person struggling to pay tuition and they might not go to bat for you for TT colleges.
4) Next tier privates. Top kids get into top schools but often they are hooked. More meh kids mixed in so have to block out the noise. Still a huge expense.

For elementary and middle the public options can be better so often worth saving your money, though locking in the private earlier cuts down on stress in 8th grade. But if money is or could be an issue, saving all those years of private could be a game changer.

Not sure what the answer is.[/quote]

Brooklyn Heights-er back. I think the option I was thinking of was pubic for k-5 (or k-8) and then move to private. I literally don't know a single person who wanted Packer who didn't get Packer. Not hooked, unless you consider full pay a hook. But let's say, I raised kids through some weird times - covid, etc. Spots opened up. Okay, but there's Grace or similar T2 schools. Not sure if this is the #4 choice on your list and it's certainly expensive but a lot less than private for k-12 which is what the OP is considering. You won't get a better education than 234, I really think that. My kids did k-5 at PS8 and I was never even a tiny bit envious of the work the kids at Packer were doing - and my kids had plenty of friends in all the local privates. But the convenience of the kids moving from school to the playgroundor to a friends house - or being able to text a friend to see if they/their nanny could help pick up a kid etc. It's just a blessing in those years. [/quote]

I would LOVE to do 234 but my kid is a fall birthday and we wont be in public past fifth grade...[/quote]

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