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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I see the problem. If your kid is excluded at a public school you shrug and go, that's public school, what more do you expect. But then some of you pay $40k a year for school and think that will somehow buy your kid's way out of shit like that only to get pissed when it doesn't. Because damn, you can be excluded for free in public school. [/quote]

No, it's not about buying your way out. The fact is that public and private have different options in responding to bullying, and private can be much more assertive.

At a private school, a child can be asked to leave for bullying or any other behavior that is not in the best interests of the community.  They have more options for dealing with bullying.

A public school can only expel for the most egregious kinds of bullying, but otherwise their hands are tied.

So, yes, given that private school has more options, I damn well expect them to exercise them.   [/quote]

Right, for outright bullying. Not for stuff like "excluded some kids from the birthday party" as is being discussed here. I think people assume "a better kind" of people can do private and won't engage in that behavior and it has to be a real kick in the face to realize that nope, they're there too and you're paying $40k and your kid is still going to be left out and excluded and subjected to vague, hard to punish mean kid behavior that is parent sanctioned. [/quote]

I think you're dealing in sweeping generalizations.  I don't think people necessarily assume a "better kind" of people attend these schools.  I went in dreading mean parent behavior, snobbery and elitism, and found that most people were very nice and normal.  What I did expect was a better learning environment, and that my child has gotten.

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