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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, I'm the person who wrote about my child being in Spanish for four years and still not knowing much Spanish. I have a child in public and a child in private, so I straddle both forums. In our case, one of our children needed the smaller class size, but our other child is absolutely thriving in public school.

While I don't think my child in public school is learning much in the Spanish class, he loves it and loves the teacher, so I don't feel the need to complain to the County. I guess I'm saying that I don't think that private is the end-all, be-all for every child and I know a number of families that have children in both public and private.

Honestly, the thread about the daughter who wants to return to public and the Queen Bee Mom who posted turned my stomach (though I realize the same types of people exist in publics, especially in our area).[/quote]

Thank you for sharing. If you don't mind, can you also comment on the dynamics between the siblings with one being in private and the other in public? I am always curious with families that have one in each, do they ever make comments like why can't I got to that school to or how come my school doesn't have that? I personally would be so torn if I could only afford private for one and not the other. [/quote]

I'm not that PP, but I also have one in private and one in public.  Every once in a while I worry if it will lead to years of therapy for either kid, but I really think it's the best decision for each kid and they're both really happy where they are.  I have asked the one in public if he wanted to go back to his private school where his sister currently attends.  He is adamant that he doesn't want to - he's happy and thriving in public.  His sister is happy and thriving in private.  my philosophy all along is that I'm not making a "public v private" decision, but rather trying to find the best school for my individual kids.  
And if you are seriously considering public schools, I urge you to actually tour and talk to the people at *your* public school.  That's the only one that matters.  And a lot of what's posted on the MD school forums here have no resemblance at all to our experience at public school.[/quote]

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