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[quote=Anonymous]One issue I think that hasn’t been discussed is the social trade off with private.  Kids live farther apart.   You don’t build the same community within your neighborhood.   You know kids from walking to school + the soccer field sideline + scouts in your public neighborhood school.  And then you know their parents and families.   Tons of neighborhood kids come hang out at our house.  My chlldren not only have a community but I am connected to their families.  This is invaluable to me at the ES/MS level when I believe the social aspect of learning to be a human existing is a community is so important. I knew when my kid was being a jerk because I knew the other kid and knew which kid to believe.  I knew my kid was safe but being independent when s/he went to our neighbors house and learned to walk home after dark, etc.  Kids have friends in private school but the relationships are a little different/less natural/ more involved with shuttling.   That was a huge negative for us.   Which is why we ended up in private HS but not earlier.   I felt that my kid needed less of me involved in their social life in HS, and I felt that the academic side was more worth it.  Just my two cents.  [/quote]

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