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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you read the PUBLIC school forums?  Seriously, I have a kid in private and a kid in public (Big 3, DCPS) and am shocked at some of the posts presumably written by parents at the public school.

Don't rely on anything posted anonymously.  [/quote]

Why yes, I have read the public school forums. There is some nastiness there, but it's very different in nature. Maybe because income and race are less important, even for magnet acceptances, and those two issues are poisonous.

Viz,

Public schools: schools with high FARMS rates suck (only 1-2 posters though)           Private schools: affirmative action is the reason my kid was rejected
Public schools: teachers unions suck (why hello, tea bagger! again, 1-2 obsessive posters)       Private schools: how do you pay tuition with HHI less than $250K?
Public schools: magnets! magnets! magnets!                                                          Private schools: Top 3! Big 3! Top 3!
Public schools: can my kid prep for the magnet tests                                               Private schools: Where can I buy WPPSI test prep materials, which testers give better results?
Public schools: NCLB testing is a big time suck and pointless                                    Private schools: ERBs are a big time suck and my school doesn't release useful info
Public schools: Green zone vs. red zone (mainly socio-economic)                             Private schools: Big 3 vs. so-called second tier schools
Public schools: Some posters who are probably certifiable                                        Private schools: Posters just seem crazy after going through the application process

Frankly, as another parent with kids in both public and private, I find the private forum gets a lot nastier. I find the debates about income and affirmative action much more poisonous on the private school threads. When I'm really bored, I even come here to watch the train wrecks, which is harder to on the public school forum. The responses to the teenager who came to the private poster to say "stop slamming my school because kids read this" made me cringe. [/quote]

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