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In reply to the discussion: Would you buy your way out of bad public schools by sending your child to a private school? [View all]aikoaiko
(34,162 posts)42. I currently send my 7 year old to private school because of bad public schools.
I like to think that the public schools benefit from not being burdened by teaching my son while still using my property taxes.
Some day we might move to a better school district.
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Would you buy your way out of bad public schools by sending your child to a private school? [View all]
BrentWil
Dec 2012
OP
financing...it's unfair money talks w/schooling.Youtube on how it should be(Venus explains the atom)
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#30
Kids only know what they are taught at home. So I would say that most of what happens in school
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#82
about money and 'history' of the district, culture, expectations, power of those interested, bureauc
elleng
Dec 2012
#129
The Catholic school my daughter attended for a while was MUCH more diverse in terms of
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#58
I don't know where you get that idea. All of the private schools our son attended (3 of them)
Nay
Dec 2012
#170
I probably wouldn't want to live with a bunch of people who won't pay for quality schools.
JVS
Dec 2012
#3
And I consider the bad schools of such an area part of the tradeoff in buying a house in the area.
JVS
Dec 2012
#10
'shitty' districts are typically majority rentals owned by people who live elsewhere, often in the
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#35
yes. shitty districts are typically poor districts and poor districts are typically majority rental.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#75
i'd say close to the same percent, since poor districts typically have more social problems & crime.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#156
While guesswork is obviously the right solution here, humor me and let's try to find some data
Recursion
Dec 2012
#159
to some extent it probably depends on school funding arrangements and the type of 'poor'.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#175
In fact, the owners in central falls mostly don't live in central falls. and so it is in lots of
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#174
But absentee landlords don't elect people who set the taxes and run the schools, the residents do.
JVS
Dec 2012
#180
yes, you might think so. yet it rarely happens. possibly you can think of some reasons why
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#181
the people in those rentals are likely not voting at all. CF is half hispanic, many of them recent
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#189
Our district is regularly ranked among the best in the country but that doesn't mean
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#65
private schools are extremely expensive. Private high school tuition costs as much as a state
antigop
Dec 2012
#5
that's the point...very few people can "afford it", esp. when you look at the median family income.
antigop
Dec 2012
#29
plenty of kids doing poorly in school already have more 'challenges' than they can handle. the
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#76
US districts with less than 10% poverty outscore other countries. US districts with less than 25%
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#37
the international tests have nothing to do with the memorization & test stats you're talking about.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#40
that is your personal situation. don't generalize from that to statements like "we need to do
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#45
they're making plenty of structural changes; all for the worse, and proven so. yes, we have a
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#51
public schools are perfectly capable of flexibility. however, that is not the path that is being
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#77
criticize whatever happened to your son all you like. critizing 'public education' in general
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#106
and they are thereby supporting privatization. neither the democrats nor the republicans want
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#110
so when my child comes home crying and thinking he is stupid what do you expect me to do?
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#111
we could be doing lots of things. that doesn't mean that our education system is below
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#67
i ignore capitalization on chat boards because it makes typing faster. i am quite able to capitalize
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#71
We made basically the same decision: that if they went to a private high school
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#133
the public high school my son was headed for is going to have 30 special education kids in it
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#15
class size doesn't matter, bill gates funded studies that prove it. however, like you, he sends
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#147
Smaller class size is what motivated us to put our kids in private school too.
abelenkpe
Dec 2012
#31
We are extremely appreciative of the whole experience our girls got at a small school.
Adsos Letter
Dec 2012
#39
that's easy to say if you don't have a child crying themselves to sleep at night
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#36
i feel so angry now, & i learned it from watching privileged people destroy the country.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#89
The premise of the OP is would you buy your child's way out of public school
FrodosPet
Dec 2012
#162
Why would I keep my kid in a bad public school if there was any alternative, public or private?
jeff47
Dec 2012
#33
I currently send my 7 year old to private school because of bad public schools.
aikoaiko
Dec 2012
#42
You can support your public schools while still refusing to sacrifice your child's life
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#55
what is disgusting is the expectation to allow our children to be abused by the system
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#100
The democrats' education policy is exactly the same as the republicans'. The ruling class is
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#178
I have it for my grandchildren, and my fear is not the academics but is the propensity for bullying
mfcorey1
Dec 2012
#80
My father worked overtime to send my brother and myself to private school. He didn't "buy his way
Raine
Dec 2012
#81
No. I'd find a way of starting an innovative and free afterschool program that
no_hypocrisy
Dec 2012
#87
Sending your kid to private school to avoid bad public schools does not mean wanting the destruction
jeff47
Dec 2012
#98
Good luck! We are lucky to have a well run town and the taxes we pay give us...
Walk away
Dec 2012
#146
my son keeps asking if there is a special education science class he can take
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#114
If you live in an upper class area you can find excellent schools. If you don't your out of luck.
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#120
Oh I pray your right. You know I wonder at least for myself I have a family of 6 brothers and
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#139
Well, when my children were young, I was a single parent who could not afford private
Trailrider1951
Dec 2012
#125
politicians are forcing that issue on us by intentionally breaking public schools
yurbud
Dec 2012
#130
I did it by moving to a community with a greater appreciation for the value of an education.
Throd
Dec 2012
#135
I agree and thank you for bringing up the fact that it is not just a budget issue
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#137
yes, one's first obligation is to one's child. but if it ends there, you accelerate the general
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#148
I think there should be no such option, for rich or poor. We all should be in the same boat.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#143
Yes, I surely would. I know a couple of VERY liberal, progressive Democrats who sent their children
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#144
We did with our 1st child and we are with our 2nd child - Catholic school - Right down the block.
benld74
Dec 2012
#151
Thanks to Christie most of the public schools in the state lost their state aid
name not needed
Dec 2012
#158
I did it for my son when we lived in TN & AL. No way was he going to the horrible local
Nay
Dec 2012
#169
I know people at work that used to do that. The work location and where the housing was had really
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#176
I'm surprised you haven't been PPR'ed yet. "Bad public schools"?? One hardly
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#183