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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's no guarantee that public school will help your family establish neighborhood friendships. People move A LOT and even neighbors who stick around might send their kids to private school or homeschool.[/quote]

Good on op for at least trying though. Neighborhood communities and neighborhood friends are something that kids are missing.[/quote]

thanks, PP :-)

We'd also like to meet more parents and make family friends, too.  In our increasingly online world - and before our kids get sucked into tons of weekend extracurriculars - we know the time to invest in making neighborhood friends is now! [/quote]

School is not a place for adults to make friends. It's not set up for it, and the link between school and your actual neighborhood is tenuous (e.g., your street can easily be full of empty nesters and people with kids in HS or in private).

Funnily enough, you see this brought up somewhat often in the private school forum - people worried about picking the school where they'll gel with the other parents - and DCUM rightly tells them that's no basis for picking a school.

The way you meet your neighbors is to be out in your neighborhood, talk to people, volunteer in any neighnorhood activities, and host gatherings. [/quote]

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