Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have all four of our kids at independent schools, 2 started in public before we moved them in early elementary school. I have lots of good things to say about the benefits of private schools.

However, I am really struck by the ugly comments and acceptance that it’s ok to want to segregate our kids from kids with special needs. I understand not wanting your child’s education to be significantly impacted by disruptive behavior, but literally the post are talking about being happy that kids with special needs aren’t around them.

For parents who feel that way, you need to work on yourselves.

FWIW, my kids are not disruptive, but I had a sibling (who died from medical complications from their disability) who had a disability and the staring, pointing, and unkind words from adults and kids directed at my sibling were extremely hurtful. This kind of attitude and desire to shield your children from people with disabilities is behind that behavior toward people with disabilities.

As a fellow private school parent (whose children previously attended public) I think what these PPs are trying to say is not that they want their child to avoid all children with disabilities but just the ones whose classroom behavior impede upon their child’s own learning. So in other words, a quirky kid with high functioning autism would be ok to be in little Johnny’s class, but not an autistic kid who is having a sensory related meltdown 5 times a day and throwing things around in the classroom.

An inattentive kid with ADHD is ok to have as a classmate, but not a kid with ADHD who is constantly yelling out, getting out of his seat and disrupting their kid from hearing the teacher or from completing their own assignment.

A kid with mild anxiety issues is ok, but not a kid with such severe mental health issues that he is a threat to others.

Unfortunately all these kids are sitting in the same public school classroom these days (to the detriment of the teacher and other students), all for the sake of inclusion and the ‘least restrictive environment.’ Many of these kids should actually be in a separate classroom or sometimes even in a separate school that can actually address their needs.

Private school avoids all of these issues.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have all four of our kids at independent schools, 2 started in public before we moved them in early elementary school. I have lots of good things to say about the benefits of private schools.

However, I am really struck by the ugly comments and acceptance that it’s ok to want to segregate our kids from kids with special needs. I understand not wanting your child’s education to be significantly impacted by disruptive behavior, but literally the post are talking about being happy that kids with special needs aren’t around them.

For parents who feel that way, you need to work on yourselves.

FWIW, my kids are not disruptive, but I had a sibling (who died from medical complications from their disability) who had a disability and the staring, pointing, and unkind words from adults and kids directed at my sibling were extremely hurtful. This kind of attitude and desire to shield your children from people with disabilities is behind that behavior toward people with disabilities.

As a fellow private school parent (whose children previously attended public) I think what these PPs are trying to say is not that they want their child to avoid all children with disabilities but just the ones whose classroom behavior impede upon their child’s own learning. So in other words, a quirky kid with high functioning autism would be ok to be in little Johnny’s class, but not an autistic kid who is having a sensory related meltdown 5 times a day and throwing things around in the classroom.

An inattentive kid with ADHD is ok to have as a classmate, but not a kid with ADHD who is constantly yelling out, getting out of his seat and disrupting their kid from hearing the teacher or from completing their own assignment.

A kid with mild anxiety issues is ok, but not a kid with such severe mental health issues that he is a threat to others.

Unfortunately all these kids are sitting in the same public school classroom these days (to the detriment of the teacher and other students), all for the sake of inclusion and the ‘least restrictive environment.’ Many of these kids should actually be in a separate classroom or sometimes even in a separate school that can actually address their needs.

Private school avoids all of these issues.

Anonymous wrote:We have all four of our kids at independent schools, 2 started in public before we moved them in early elementary school. I have lots of good things to say about the benefits of private schools.

However, I am really struck by the ugly comments and acceptance that it’s ok to want to segregate our kids from kids with special needs. I understand not wanting your child’s education to be significantly impacted by disruptive behavior, but literally the post are talking about being happy that kids with special needs aren’t around them.

For parents who feel that way, you need to work on yourselves.

FWIW, my kids are not disruptive, but I had a sibling (who died from medical complications from their disability) who had a disability and the staring, pointing, and unkind words from adults and kids directed at my sibling were extremely hurtful. This kind of attitude and desire to shield your children from people with disabilities is behind that behavior toward people with disabilities.

Anonymous wrote:The overall calmness of the whole place.

Anonymous wrote:OP how many threads should we have on this?

Private works for some kids of course.

Public has way better math.
Public for most kids college options are better.

Yeah your private big whoop.

We did both private is not better than publc mother of Ivy league public. I am tired of these threads they are absurd.

Now if your kid is at Andover or Exeter sure DMV privates LOL no

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP how many threads should we have on this?

Private works for some kids of course.

Public has way better math.
Public for most kids college options are better.

Yeah your private big whoop.

We did both private is not better than publc mother of Ivy league public. I am tired of these threads they are absurd.

Now if your kid is at Andover or Exeter sure DMV privates LOL no

Your grammar and punctuation are so atrocious, it's extremely difficult to decipher what you are saying. However, I assume you meant that you had children in both public and private schools and that one of your children went to an Ivy League school. Yay for you? For many parents, it's not about an Ivy League education, but about finding the best environment for their child. I appreciate that your children were successful in both environments, but that is not the case for everyone. Blanket statements like "public has way better math" are not always true. This is very clearly school by school, as is your statement regarding college options. I'm not sure why you felt the need to comment. Your comment is absurd.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP how many threads should we have on this?

Private works for some kids of course.

Public has way better math.
Public for most kids college options are better.

Yeah your private big whoop.

We did both private is not better than publc mother of Ivy league public. I am tired of these threads they are absurd.

Now if your kid is at Andover or Exeter sure DMV privates LOL no

If you're tired of it, why are you on the private school forum?

Anonymous wrote:OP how many threads should we have on this?

Private works for some kids of course.

Public has way better math.
Public for most kids college options are better.

Yeah your private big whoop.

We did both private is not better than publc mother of Ivy league public. I am tired of these threads they are absurd.

Now if your kid is at Andover or Exeter sure DMV privates LOL no

Anonymous wrote:OP how many threads should we have on this?

Private works for some kids of course.

Public has way better math.
Public for most kids college options are better.

Yeah your private big whoop.

We did both private is not better than publc mother of Ivy league public. I am tired of these threads they are absurd.

Now if your kid is at Andover or Exeter sure DMV privates LOL no

Anonymous wrote:OP how many threads should we have on this?

Private works for some kids of course.

Public has way better math.
Public for most kids college options are better.

Yeah your private big whoop.

We did both private is not better than publc mother of Ivy league public. I am tired of these threads they are absurd.

Now if your kid is at Andover or Exeter sure DMV privates LOL no

Anonymous wrote:Single sex academics. And the small class sizes.