Private School or Public School

[wooley12]

The future?

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/01/149804...-for-admission

[Bobby Stainless]

Boarding school.

[bagtagley]

The future?

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/01/149804...-for-admission

April Fools? Guess the winky is there for a reason.

[camlax]

I guess I'll give my opinion on this. I graduated from boarding school in 08. (Tabor Academy, Mass).
Boarding schools are an amazing place to spend 4 years but they are what you make of it. There are more than a few rich shitheads who can be tough to stand but there is some awesome kids there too.
Academically, it more than prepares you for college and independence. Happily I made most of my stupid decisions and skipping hw in high school which made my first year in college way more productive than most.
If your kid likes to play sports and wants to play in college, the connections made at a boarding school are a huge help in recruiting as well as many colleges love to recruit prep school kids.
The tuition is a bitch but getting financial aid is not impossible at all.
In all, i totally recommend it!

Any more detailed questions or New England schools questions, fire me a pm.

[Buzzworthy]

Since UT is so well known for the school system here, we looked into these options too. One thing I don't see here is looking at testing the kids into gifted programs, like we did for my daughter. She is in a different school district than out here in West Jordan, and she is getting a great education.

She is in first grade, but in the program there are no "grades" per say, more like levels. She is learning advanced 3rd grade level material right now. And about to start her multiplication tables. I know I did not get to those till 4th grade, and I was in a private school at the time till 6 grade.

Another option to look into???

[Downbound Train]

Boarding school.

Waterboarding School.

[Mazderati]

Do I let the first pick private school know?

[m2711c]

Do I let the first pick private school know?

depends... did you learn to spell like that in a public or private school?

[Core Shot]

Interesting bump. My boys were public. Then they transferred to a super shitty 4th grade. Went Catholic since 5th grade. (No budget for non parochial)
Tried to get them back in public for HS but they didn’t win the choice lottery for charter school. Oh well. They are both well educated compared to most.
Know a few boarding school parents. Sorry but I like my kids too much to ship them away. They’ll be gone soon and I’ll miss them.

It does piss me off. Decades of real estate taxes and it is nice to get some return on that “investment”
If public is “ok” save the money.

[riser4]

depends... did you learn to spell like that in a public or private school?

Lol

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Interesting bump. My boys were public. Then they transferred to a super shitty 4th grade. Went Catholic since 5th grade. (No budget for non parochial)
Tried to get them back in public for HS but they didn’t win the choice lottery for charter school. Oh well. They are both well educated compared to most.
Know a few boarding school parents. Sorry but I like my kids too much to ship them away. They’ll be gone soon and I’ll miss them.

It does piss me off. Decades of real estate taxes and it is nice to get some return on that “investment”
If public is “ok” save the money.

I’m sure your kids are special, just like you


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[ötzi]

Maz, how would you let them know? Seems like an awkward phone call.

[subtle plague]

Do I let the first pick private school know?

Of course, but be sure to wear your monocle when you Step out of your suv.

[liv2ski]

All kidding aside, if I had to do it again, the kids would have been in private school by 6th grade for sure. I just would of had to find the money. My wife was a high school teacher and my opinion of public schools annoys her, but education geared towards the weakest students is BS, not to mention the anarchy they call discipline.

[Mazderati]

Maz, how would you let them know? Seems like an awkward phone call.

The thought is to send a short email to declare first choice when the application is submitted. The head of admissions mentioned something about it during our interview. Something along the lines of expediting a decision or granting some level of preference but I don't recall specifics and the better three-quarters doesn't recall it at all.

[ötzi]

I don't think that would hurt anything, seems like you might as well do it. Is it that competitive? How old is the kid?

[east or bust]

Depends where you live.

NJ has, IME, very competitive public schools. Idaho outside of Boise, not so much.


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[Mazderati]

Pre-K. It seems competitive? It's walking distance, organized, and they communicate well so those are big for us.

[::: :::]

The thought is to send a short email to declare first choice when the application is submitted. The head of admissions mentioned something about it during our interview. Something along the lines of expediting a decision or granting some level of preference but I don't recall specifics and the better three-quarters doesn't recall it at all.

sounds more a quiet call for a cheque with a note to the Head in the Memo line

if I’m reading the sub-text

[Danno]

Do I let the first pick private school know?

know what?

[Buster Highmen]

I'm glad my kids went to public school, we've been lucky to have good ones.

I do think there is public value in it, e.g. that the mixing of cultures and classes is healthy for society. They were very competitive environments too. Result is son is absolutely slaying physics at a very tough college.

[yeahman]

All kidding aside, if I had to do it again, the kids would have been in private school by 6th grade for sure. I just would of had to find the money. My wife was a high school teacher and my opinion of public schools annoys her, but education geared towards the weakest students is BS, not to mention the anarchy they call discipline.

Your kids didn't turn out to be as successful as you hoped?

[liv2ski]

Your kids didn't turn out to be as successful as you hoped?

That is not my complaint. Rather I disagree with what is allowed in public schools and the weak curriculum. No thanks to public schools, our kids are doing well in life.

[yeahman]

That is not my complaint. Rather I disagree with what is allowed in public schools and the weak curriculum. No thanks to public schools, our kids are doing well in life.

You don't know that. There's a lot more to education than the curriculum. Even if they were in a bad school, being forced to deal with it and succeed regardless may have been the most valuable experience they could possibly have had.

[fatnslow]

That is not my complaint. Rather I disagree with what is allowed in public schools and the weak curriculum. No thanks to public schools, our kids are doing well in life.

IDK, I have a very close friend who's two kids were private school kids k-12 and he always laments they would have had more options in the public system. It's all what you make of the opportunity.