Public or Private School, clicky poll

alyssa7 · May 2011

I haven't had a chance to log in since this morning, I'm going to go read all the responses. Thanks for all of your posts!

Ang&Garrett · May 2011

Celyn:
Neither all public schools nor all private schools are created equal. If moeny were no object I'd have my kids in the best school availalbe, whether it was public or private.

Ditto this!

dirtbikemom · May 2011

Well after reading all of this I guess my kid is completely screwed!! We bought in a neighborhood when we weren't planing on having kids and didn't bother checking the schools. We had planned on this being our starter home and moving but htat isn't possible right now. DD will go to the public elementary school as we don't have the money for private. Oh AND the school she will be going to I found out is a Tier 1 school. That means that 40% of the students are low income.

Yep my kid is totally screwed. I better start saving for the hooker and stripper outfits now instead of college as that is her only hope. Wait, what? It isn't. You mean the fact that I will be involved in all her schooling would help make a difference. Also the fact that she will be involved in outside activities. Well now I feel better about this whole thing. Smile

futrkingsley · May 2011

I'm with Janet. My kid is screwed too. We also thought we'd be able to sell and move before school was an issue but we couldn't. We moved but we still couldn't afford a bigger/better area or a vastly superior school district. We just can't afford it. And private school is absolutely not on the table after preschool. Heck, if public preschool were an option for us, I would have done it.

In our old 'hood (Willow Glen), our neighborhood school was underperforming and parents could opt out it and chose another school in the same district as long as it wasn't over crowded. Our former next door neighbor did opt out and sent her kids to a public school a bit farther away. We planned to send DS to the underperforming school and cross our fingers that he'd get into the charter Montessori on that campus.

When we moved, we unknowingly moved to a better district with schools that score better. I have no idea which one DS will go to, but I'm nervous and hopeful that he'll get a better public school education than I did.

As for where we went, I did public school in a very small town without any choices (all kids went to the same school for the same grades unless you attended the private Catholic school and my cousin made sure drugs were rampant there), and DH did private Catholic in an urban area but was the only one in his family to do public high school. I wish I'd had a better education, but it wasn't possible where I grew up. DH had lots of options academically but wasn't really that type of student. He was and is more interested in art than anything else so it was sort of wasted on him.

EmmieB · May 2011

dirtbikemom:
Well after reading all of this I guess my kid is completely screwed!! We bought in a neighborhood when we weren't planing on having kids and didn't bother checking the schools. We had planned on this being our starter home and moving but htat isn't possible right now. DD will go to the public elementary school as we don't have the money for private. Oh AND the school she will be going to I found out is a Tier 1 school. That means that 40% of the students are low income.
Yep my kid is totally screwed. I better start saving for the hooker and stripper outfits now instead of college as that is her only hope. Wait, what? It isn't. You mean the fact that I will be involved in all her schooling would help make a difference. Also the fact that she will be involved in outside activities. Well now I feel better about this whole thing.

I you.

One of my favorite quotes: "not all teachers are parents, but all parents are teachers."

pkw · May 2011

We are choosing private religious schools. We want him to go to a faith based school, and we want him to go to a specific one because we like what it can offer him in sports, arts, language, and education.

Honestly, I would move heaven and hell to get EJ what he needed if I could, I told DH before he was born, if he was deaf I would drive him to Fremont every day since there is a great deaf school there, and if he was blind I would find the perfect place for that, if he has any special need I will make sure he gets the environment he needs. I know what faith based school I would send him to if he had any learning disabilities, because there is one in this area that specializes in that.

Ultimately...I know that more important than the question of private vs. public is...Me. My leve of involvement, and my level of committment to his education and his needs.

So I think every parent needs to pick what is the best fit for their kid.

EmmieB · May 2011

PKW:
We are choosing private religious schools. We want him to go to a faith based school, and we want him to go to a specific one because we like what it can offer him in sports, arts, language, and education.
Honestly, I would move heaven and hell to get EJ what he needed if I could, I told DH before he was born, if he was deaf I would drive him to Fremont every day since there is a great deaf school there, and if he was blind I would find the perfect place for that, if he has any special need I will make sure he gets the environment he needs. I know what faith based school I would send him to if he had any learning disabilities, because there is one in this area that specializes in that.
Ultimately...I know that more important than the question of private vs. public is...Me. My leve of involvement, and my level of committment to his education and his needs.
So I think every parent needs to pick what is the best fit for their kid.

I you.

spicy-mustard · May 2011

This conversation is scaring the crap out of me! Stick out tongue

amyfelice · May 2011

I went to public school and so did DH. However, I lived in an affluent suburb, and my parents scrimped and saved to live there so we could attend those schools. My school was one of the best public schools in the country.

I don't live in an area with good schools right nowl. There are a few charter schools that are maybe decent, but of course everyone wants to go to them. And they still have lousy funding. So unless we move before DD turns 6, we will probably opt for private. As Teri said, the best of what is available.

If we do move to an area where the public schools are good, we will be happy to send to public school.

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