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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the topic of safety, I’m curious why this topic was shut down so quickly by one of the PPs here, in response to another PP saying shootings motivated her friend to choose private.

I’m all for going to a local public to save money and build community.

But we KNOW that school shootings are far more likely to happen at a public school (9-10x as likely, per the Cato Institute and Washington Post’s latest reporting). In the last few years, Bethesda Today magazine has regularly reported (weekly!) allegations of unsafe classrooms, bomb threats, and lockdowns.  This must do a real number on kids’ and parents’ mental health. And it’s getting worse, not better, nationally.

Can someone explain why this isn’t a valid case for private? 
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NP. "Valid" for some parents maybe, but I don't find it persuasive. School shootings are incredibly rare at any kind of school, bomb threats are almost universally hoaxes, and lockdowns are mostly the unnecessary result of hyper vigilance, rather than an actual safety issue. The real dangers in a K-12 classroom are things like bullying which you'll find at both kinds of schools.[/quote]

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