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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do these posters claiming that all public elementaries are violent and terrible have actual experiences with public?

We have a 2nd grader in a "well-regarded" public school and have never encountered any violent or troubling behavior. We had one teacher we didn't love and that year was tough, but private schools also have a range of teachers and not all of them are the right fit for your child. Overall our experience at the public school has been really great and we like the teachers, administrators, other families and the kids themselves.

I'm sure private schools offer better services in some respects and they may be more responsive to parents since, after all, you are paying them. We'd consider private if we were ever unhappy with the public option, and we're certainly looking seriously at it for MS because I understand there are behavioral issues at our IB MS.

But after 2+ years in public, I can say honestly that it has in fact been a nurturing, positive environment, and we're glad for the school community in the neighborhood, and our kid has lots of wonderful friends. And we've saved thousands of dollars over going the private route, and that's not nothing.[/quote]

Yes. And I would have sounded like you in elementary.

Public middle school in our supposedly good district was an entirely different matter. My oldest unfortunately went through it until we pulled him. The experience was not good. [/quote]

Same here, but we only lasted until eldest was in fourth.  I went to public schools all the way through in an affluent suburb.  Public schools today are nothing like what I attended.  Lots of kids with behaviorial issues who were being “mainstreamed” (this was in an affluent, 10/10 school), canned curriculum, lack of rigor, too short recess etc. parent community was great but couldn’t make up for the educational shortfalls.

If you do decide to go to private, you should be the one doing drop offs if you want to meet other moms.[/quote]

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