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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, we've had kids in public and private schools in this area. While there were differences, these were not stark. The best outcome is public immersion, but that can be difficult to swing depending on where you live.

[b]Another question to ask yourself is, how does your public option stack up against the private school your child can actually get into. Not, how does public stack up against your ideal private school[/b].

However, if you are zoned for a bad public school, or if your child has special needs, private can make great sense. [/quote]

This is an important point. DH wanted to send our rising first grader to private even thought he is in a highly rated public school. We applied to five and got accepted to one and waitlisted for another. In the end we decided to send DC back to public. I'm not sure why DC didn't get accepted at more schools. It's somewhat of a mystery how these folks made their decisions. Honestly DC scored a low average on the intelligence test. Maybe that was it. I did think that the whole admissions process was a major pain involving applications, fees, the intelligence scale test ($400), play dates, and parent interviews. Going through all that and getting the result we did was a little disappointing. A positive outcome was that I became much more involved in DC's school and developed a closer dialogue with DC's teacher. I am more confident now at least in this point of time that DC is where DC needs to be in public.

We won't rule out private in the future, but it would take a lot to get me to go through all of that again. [/quote]

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