Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 09:15     Subject: Re:Why did you go private?
My children are happy in their private. The idea of lecture classes and no sports would make them miserable on a daily basis. They have multiple recesses, sports, band, art and a very flexible curriculum to meet their needs.

They look forward to going to school.

It's not about the goal or the outcome - it is about the journey. That is why we are at our specific private. They may not even get that experience at another private so it not just private vs. public, it's their school vs. the rest.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 09:04     Subject: Why did you go private?
It would be instructive to compare the outcomes of public and private education systems. Are kids graduating from private schools better thinkers and problem solvers than their public counterparts? Is it the case that private school graduates can write and speak better? Are they better versed in social and cultural issues? Are they more knowledgeable in math and science areas? ...

After all is said and done, it seems to me that such differences between the two groups of cohorts is not significant.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 08:44     Subject: Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I never understand why people think public schools are more diverse than private schools. Our private school strives to have race, religious, and socio-economic diversity. Our public school pulls from kids who live around the school who are pretty much the same type of kids. No diversity at our public.


Same here.


It may be something you just can't generalize about. Our MCPS public is much more diverse than private choices near us. Roughly 40% white, 30% hispanic, 15% black, 15% asian. I don't know of local private schools with that profile, particularly for hispanic students.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 07:33     Subject: Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I never understand why people think public schools are more diverse than private schools. Our private school strives to have race, religious, and socio-economic diversity. Our public school pulls from kids who live around the school who are pretty much the same type of kids. No diversity at our public.


Same here.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 06:33     Subject: Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:In all honestly, most kids can not only handle but can thrive in a 22 person class at K. So really most people go private either because they want to hold a spot for high school, or they just want a smaller, more exclusive, self selecting group to hang out with and they don't care about exposing their children to diversity.


I never understand why people think public schools are more diverse than private schools. Our private school strives to have race, religious, and socio-economic diversity. Our public school pulls from kids who live around the school who are pretty much the same type of kids. No diversity at our public.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 05:27     Subject: Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:In all honestly, most kids can not only handle but can thrive in a 22 person class at K. So really most people go private either because they want to hold a spot for high school, or they just want a smaller, more exclusive, self selecting group to hang out with and they don't care about exposing their children to diversity.


or that the academic curriculum in private beats that of public even class sizes are different in either direction - "diversity" in mcps has now become synonymous will lower standards and expectations - thanks to MCEA and dr. starr et al.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 02:28     Subject: Why did you go private?
In all honestly, most kids can not only handle but can thrive in a 22 person class at K. So really most people go private either because they want to hold a spot for high school, or they just want a smaller, more exclusive, self selecting group to hang out with and they don't care about exposing their children to diversity.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 00:34     Subject: Re:Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Less kids in the classroom. More teachers in the classroom. A more structured education. Recess daily, PE daily.


You mean fewer.


I had no idea that I could not post without my language being picked apart. I meant LESS. You may mean fewer. I still meant LESS.


You mean your wording.
Anonymous
Post 04/02/2012 00:14     Subject: Re:Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Less kids in the classroom. More teachers in the classroom. A more structured education. Recess daily, PE daily.


You mean fewer.


I had no idea that I could not post without my language being picked apart. I meant LESS. You may mean fewer. I still meant LESS.



FYI- http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/less-or-fewer


Well, you might have meant LESS, but fewer is right.

I learned that in public school, by the way.

To the PP who posted the link, many thanks!
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2012 23:17     Subject: Re:Why did you go private?
Prefer single gender education for DD.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2012 23:11     Subject: Re:Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Less kids in the classroom. More teachers in the classroom. A more structured education. Recess daily, PE daily.


You mean fewer.


I had no idea that I could not post without my language being picked apart. I meant LESS. You may mean fewer. I still meant LESS.



FYI- http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/less-or-fewer
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2012 23:04     Subject: Why did you go private?
We will this fall because there is no public pre-K option in our area. We'll see after that - we have very good local public schools, and my hope is that they'll work for our child.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2012 22:39     Subject: Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:20:32 So sad. It is jail.


preparation?
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2012 22:34     Subject: Re:Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Less kids in the classroom. More teachers in the classroom. A more structured education. Recess daily, PE daily.


You mean fewer.


I had no idea that I could not post without my language being picked apart. I meant LESS. You may mean fewer. I still meant LESS.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2012 21:37     Subject: Why did you go private?
Anonymous wrote:PP 21:17 again. So, the reason is smaller class to teacher ratio. In K he has a music, spanish, pe, science, 2 homeroom teachers with a class of 12, and great resources. It may not seem like a big deal, but public school in MC offers PE once a week, if you can imagine, and lunch must be gotten and finished in 20 minutes. My 5 year old does not eat anything in 20 minutes! His school has PE 3 times a week, recess twice daily and snacks during the day if needed, in addition to lunch. They understand that kids need to move to grow and learn. At least my child benefits greatly from this.


Does your child know mine? Somedays I think eating lunch may turn into eating dinner