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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone ever go on there to read the posts? When you see the issues discussed there, does that reaffirm your commitment to private school? [/quote]
I read posts on the public school board for my neighborhood's schools, partly because I am curious about the topics my friends and neighbors discuss, and partly because I am keeping an eye on things in case we ever need an alternative to my children's private school.  Yes, many of the discussions there reinforce my decision to send my children to private schools, because my local public schools have significant problems not found in my children's private schools.  No, I am not suggesting my children's private schools are perfect, but the types and tenor of problems are lots more manageable.  No, I am not suggesting my local public schools are bad schools.  In fact, they are quite good when compared to other public schools in the area.  But nevertheless, they face significant difficulties.  My family is very lucky to be able to afford to avoid those problems and to receive the benefits of private schools.[/quote]
That's like deciding that the restaurant is terrible, after only reading the bad restaurant reviews. People don't typically post on DCUM about how everything is fine and there is nothing to complain about.[/quote]
I disagree.  What I see in the public school forums is roughly 4-in-5 posts are people complaining about their own kids' schools.  In the private school forum, when someone is posting about her own school, 4-in-5 posts are positive.  Most negative posts about private schools come from people bashing someone else's school.[/quote]

But the public school forum for a given location encompasses hundreds of different schools, so you never know unless someone names a school if that complaint applies to the school your child would attend. In our case, we see tons of complaints that simply do not apply to our zoned schools, so when we weigh our options, the complaints in the public forum are irrelevant.[/quote]

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