Public vs. Private: Preschooler
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Private to Public and Public to Private
Asked by P.O. from Harrisburg
on April 26, 2011
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Have you ever had to take your child out of private school and place them into public school for a certain reason or vice versa, take them from public and place them i...
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- Friends kids were in a private Christian school. The public school was so far behind that is was nearly a whole grade. My friends son didn't want to do any of the wo...
- i put my older one in private school because he was getting lost in the shuffle in middle school. his grades were fine and his teachers liked him, but i didn't like wh...
- My kids aren't old enough for school yet, but when I was younger my parents pulled me out of public school and put me into private in 5th grade. I Loved private schoo...
Public or Private
Asked by B.H. from Dallas
on May 24, 2010
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Are your children in public school or private or home school? Why did you choose this route?
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- We reside in Hunterdon Cty NJ. This is the second most expensive place to reside in the USA. We have great schools systems. Although our school budget was recently not...
- My daughter is grown but I looked into putting her in private school and decided upon public school. I adopted her as a special needs child. I found that private sch...
- My son, who's in kindergarten, is currently at a charter school. We went that route because he has a summer birthday and I wasn't sure he was emotionally mature enoug...
Public or Private
Asked by T.P. from Chicago
on March 8, 2009
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Hi Mom's
Can anyone give the good and bad about St. Walter's church in Roselle. I know everyone say's private is better, but I'm not cathlic so I never attended a ...
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- If you do decide to go with a Catholic school, St. Hubert in Hoffman Estates is an excellent school. Roselle is not too far from there. If you live on the District 5...
- There are lots of things to think about when making this decision. I have 2 kids in Catholic school (not St. Walter's) and 1 in public (we just switched this year). ...
- Not to scare you, but isn't St. Walters where the priest just got arrested for embezzling church funds? I recall reading an article fairly recently about that. B...
Public Shool or Private School ?
Asked by U.L. from Portland
on August 30, 2011
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My son just turned 4 and next year he will be going to kinder. I am puzzled as to the school choices and can't decide if I should enroll him in a public school or a pr...
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- My biggest reason for choosing a Private school was the class sizes. My daughter has been in private school since 3 yr old preschool. Her class size was 10 kids w/ two...
- it totally depends on the child and the schools. For example we have a great public school system in our county. And our school happens to be one of the best ( even i...
- One other thing to consider, which might be the best of both worlds and your taxes pay for it: Charter Schools within the district. Check the district web page and loo...
Public or Private School??
Asked by S.S. from Washington DC
on January 30, 2012
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I live in Howard county MD. I have a 3+ year old so we will be starting K in a year and a half. Should I put him in public school or private? I may seem early to be co...
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- I live in Frederick County and have for about 2 years. Before that we lived in Richmond, VA. In both places I homeschooled until this year. We found a wonderful privat...
- I currently have a Kindergartner and decided to send him to private school, but only for Kindergarten. I will enroll him in the local public school for 1st grade. Wh...
- The statistics show that private is typically the best choice if you can afford it. Obviously there are some (very few) cases were this isn't true but overall yes pri...
Private or Public School
Asked by T.G. from Portland
on February 3, 2009
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My daughter has been attending a private preschool for the last two years. This February she turns 5 and will attend Kindergarten next year. I am trying to decide whet...
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- T., I'm not sure where you are writing from but if it is in the Tri-Cities I believe I know the school. My daughter went to a private pre-school for two years foll...
- As a public school teacher, and advocate for public education, I'd say go with what you're comfortable with. If you can afford to keep your child in private school whe...
- if you are concerned about your daughter's education and have the money to spend, i would honestly look into some sort of home school program, and that doesn't mean yo...
Public or Private School in Bowie?
Asked by K.J. from Washington DC
on September 16, 2008
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My daughter is 2 and goes to an early learning center/daycare. When she turns 3 I would like to put her in preschool, but I can't decide whether to send her to presch...
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- There is also a Montessori school in Bowie, just off Rustic Hill Drive, in case you're interested. When my oldest was a baby and we were new to PG, I asked Jay Matt...
- Holy cow?! Do people actually spend that much on preschool?! http://www.google.com/search?q=playful+learning+md&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:officia...
- Hi K., I live in Bowie too and although I'm not where you are yet (my daughter is only 9 months) we will be eventually. I had the same feelings as you when I first ...
Home School, Private School, Public School
Asked by A.T. from State College
on July 28, 2011
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Expecting a lot of flack for this one: I am a happy wife in an inter-racial marriage and my husband and I already get gawked at everywhere we go in our small town. We...
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- Oh Dear. That is a lot of angst. I'm sorry you have to deal with this. Let me assure you that private school kids can be just as mean as public school kids...........
- I think public or private, your child will still be the "different" one. Just because kids go to a private school doesn't make them any more tolerant or nice. I thi...
- We live in a small town and send our children to Catholic school. We were supposed to be getting a little boy from Haiti in my son's 5th grade class, but I'm not sure...
Preschool - Private or Public?
Asked by H.C. from Spartanburg
on December 16, 2010
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Hi,
My daughter will be starting preschool in the Fall and my husband and I can't decide on public or private preschool. Can anyone share their experience with them?...
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- Both private and public schools vary so much from district to district. My suggestion is to check out ALL schools that you are intrested in. Collect all types of in...
- I've learned in years past that your question shouldn't be "public or private" so much as just to check out the schools on your list and go from there. There are grea...
- I would look at both and see what you think will work best for your daughter. We have just looked for a new preschool and looked at a bunch of public and private ones....
Public School Vs. Private School
Asked by L.K. from Louisville
on September 6, 2011
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My husband and I are in a disagreemnet about where to send our son to school. He is 3 1/2 and just started pre school this year, I started him at the local Catholic sc...
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- If you involve your child in summer sports he will get to know the local kids to play with them. Also, I am sure not EVERY child at the Catholic school is from out o...
- Get the movie "Waiting for Superman" from Netflix and watch it with him. I agree with you that you can make friends elsewhere. No, you don't have to choose educati...
- Well, we were in a similar situation in that we live in a pretty small town where the public school is not so great- We decided to send our children to Catholic school...
