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Just some things to consider.   We are moving for better public schools and I have until this point paid for private school.  The downside of not going to your neighborhood school is that none of the children's friends live close.  It makes any afternoon and weekend playdates more challenging.  When I was young my BFFs were people who lived within a few streets.  Not true with charter or private schools.  Even 50% of the time being close to friends would be a win.  Or it might make sense to be in the middle to be equally far from friends.

And charters here fluctuate in performance without the oversight public schools have.  They built a charter in our neighborhood on the way to the DC.  Would have been perfect, but a review of the schools in the same "chain" revealed that performance was consistently inconsistent across all schools.  We opted to stick with private school for consistent performance.

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2chatter:

Just some things to consider.   We are moving for better public schools and I have until this point paid for private school.  The downside of not going to your neighborhood school is that none of the children's friends live close.  It makes any afternoon and weekend playdates more challenging.  When I was young my BFFs were people who lived within a few streets.  Not true with charter or private schools.  Even 50% of the time being close to friends would be a win.  Or it might make sense to be in the middle to be equally far from friends.

And charters here fluctuate in performance without the oversight public schools have.  They built a charter in our neighborhood on the way to the DC.  Would have been perfect, but a review of the schools in the same "chain" revealed that performance was consistently inconsistent across all schools.  We opted to stick with private school for consistent performance.

I'm so glad you mentioned this! I've been worried about this but wasn't sure if I was overreacting or not. It's definitely something to seriously consider. Thank you! Some of the charter schools here have the same problem with inconsistent performance but there are a couple we are considering have been doing well for many years. It's definitely something to look into more though since I didn't totally consider this.