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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wish I had dug a little deeper and realized how little they push the kids in math.

I stupidly went into this thinking that smaller class size means my kid gets a lot more attention than in public.  Actually my kid is getting a little bit more attention, because all of the families are expecting their kid (and themselves as parents/consumers) to get a lot more attention than in public.  I also stupidly thought that all the kids at our not-that-competitive private would be bright and have no major issues, [b]when in fact many of them are at this school precisely *because* they need extra help and were falling behind.[/quote][/b]

This was the big surprise for me. I pulled my public school kid thinking they would be more challenged and surrounded by better behaved kids and it was exactly the opposite.  Be very careful where you go.  We had lots of behavioral problems - including one girl who basically should be institutionalized yet was allowed to remain in the class terrorizing all of the boys and girls and barely passing - mostly Ds and Cs.  But she would not have survived public school - she would have drowned - so we were "graced" with her presence.
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Yes!  And the parent denial of special needs.  Oh, she just needs a smaller class size.  Oh, he's an active boy.  No problems here.  In the public system, disruptive kids are often identified as ADHD or ASD and sometimes the parents try private school to avoid a diagnosis.  So the kid struggles.  It's hard to watch.[/quote]

We had the opposite experience. Public avoids identifying kids because it makes more work for them; private identifies it right away and strongly recommends private evaluations.[/quote]

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