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[quote=Anonymous]If you cannot imagine why private schools are in demand, I say this with all love, you must be living under a rock.  I'm trying very hard not to be mean.

It's no secret over years, in general, mainstream K-12 public education has hit huge road blocks.  Some neighborhoods will have schools who fare better for certain but unless you have perfect kids, it will be hard no matter what school.  Also, culturally, I think a lot of families esp UMC are seeking the "safety" academically of private v. public schools.  It's really hard to justify going to public unless your public is heads and shoulders above and even then, unless your kid is taking all AP/honors and a terrific kid all around, be assured that they won't fall through the cracks somehow, somewhere along the way.

I would love my kids to go to public, unfortunately, I just don't trust public. And I say this with lifelong close friends who teach public HS.

I 100% believe that private is the way to go and more and more, we will all see a decay in public across the board regardless of community because more and more "good" families will opt for private.  I'm not suggesting this is right or wrong but as a parent, it can be a hard choice to not go private, esp if you can afford it.

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