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Anonymous wrote:OP is clearly moving to some podunk place, where there is a single “private” school, and that one is probably Catholic since it has uniforms. The “private” school may be a tiny bit better than public, but I wouldn’t expect much.

Impressive how you managed to be offensive to so many people is such a brief post.

Hmm.. mmm. There's truth to it. You generally need a decent sized market to support a quintessential prep school. Catholic or Lutheran schools are much more common in smaller places. It doesn't make them inherently bad but it's a reflection of the religious mission of the schools and the schools will function more like a religious version of a public high school with a broader spectrum of students rather than something like GP or Visitation.

Then there are cities where there is one proper independent school and a bunch of Catholic/religious options. Like Dayton OH or Wichita, KS. But even they will have good public HS with good programs. I wouldn't be afraid of a good public school, especially in flyover small cities.

Do anything possible to get out of this move.

Anonymous wrote:OP is clearly moving to some podunk place, where there is a single “private” school, and that one is probably Catholic since it has uniforms. The “private” school may be a tiny bit better than public, but I wouldn’t expect much.

Impressive how you managed to be offensive to so many people is such a brief post.

OP is clearly moving to some podunk place, where there is a single “private” school, and that one is probably Catholic since it has uniforms. The “private” school may be a tiny bit better than public, but I wouldn’t expect much.

If your only option is public, do public and make the best of it, and apply again to the private next year. Maybe it will surprise you (if you give it a chance and don’t make it obvious you look down on the other students as unwashed heathens) and you’ll like it. If not, of course you can go back to private school. I’ve never heard anyone suggest that once you switch to public from private you can’t go back. That’s ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:You’re going to need to get comfortable with that public school then. Your DC may well be there throughout high school. Other option is asking current head if s/he can pull strings to get kid off waitlist. And of these don’t work then you really are looking at boarding school. Do you have to move?

Yes, we have to move.