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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's just another symptom of the competitiveness of the area and the guilt and insecurity of the parents.  It's sad, really.[/quote]

Ok and obviously no, so either 1) thanks for trolling or 2) search is your friend for why people make the switch.

Signed, someone who left a highly competitive public school because of the parents scrapping over resources.[/quote]

Who said anything about "switching?"  I'm referring to the parents who don't even consider public schools from the get-go, which is the majority of them.[/quote]

I planned on sending mine to public but largely didn't because our highly-regarded elementary had 30+ kids per class.  I concluded that my kids wouldn't thrive in that situation.  Truthfully, I think that they would have received a better foundation in science and math in the publics but I think that reading/writing skill would have been weaker, based on feedback from friends and sheer numbers of teacher:student ratios at the public school.  I'll never experience a sliding door situation so won't know for sure.  Most of my friends with means though moved their kids out to private for upper elementary and middle school years.

Another benefit that I have valued is the really strong foundation in sports and arts/music.  Kids are able to play a competitive sport year-round starting in 7th and my reasonably athletic- but not elite -kids have loved that. They also have a lot of confidence in performing and speaking in public because they've done so extensively since K.  I'm not sure it was worth the money, but those experiences have been positive and confidence-building. And I don't have a sticker on my car, FWIW.[/quote]

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