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Private Schools in Fort Wayne
Asked by J.C. from Fort Wayne
on February 29, 2008
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I am beginning to realize that if I'm going to send my kids to a private school, I need to get on it because Aryana is now in kindergarten, and I don't want her to swi...
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- Hi Julie, I live in NE Allen County and sent my child to a parochial kindergarten. I was abhorred at what he wasn't learning and so I started investigating other s...
- My Children attend St. Joseph - St Elizabeth and I love it. The staff at both campuses are wonderful and the kids are all pretty much good kids. You will have a bad ...
- Hi Julie, My husband and I have looked at lots of options in Fort Wayne, and haven't settled on anything since our kids are 2 and 4. We currently live in FWCS dist...
How Much of Your Child's Education Happens at Home?
Asked by E.D. from Seattle
on April 19, 2013
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Hi All,
This question is for those of you with young kids in the public school system.
How much of your child's education do you feel responsible for providing? ...
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- My son learns a lot at home. While the majority of it comes from school, we go over it and get him excited to talk to us about it that way it reinforces his knowledge...
- We have worked with the school when my son struggled. We met several times a year and discussed what they where doing and what we could do to help and worked along wi...
- Educating a child, takes the parent's involvement. It is not just a hands off thing, and just SOLELY leaving it to whatever school your child attends. It is a paren...
Seeking Affordable Education in Chicago, IL
Asked by A.S. from Chicago
on September 21, 2006
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Seeking info. on how to obtain a better education for my children. I am a single mom who is not happy with the inner city chicago public school system. Yet I can't aff...
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- A.. Some of the schools in the CPS system aren't so bad. You should get in contact with the Chicago Public Schools Options for Knowledge office. Their number is ###-...
- Hi A.--I guess I would just say, don't be so sure that you can't afford a better education for your child without leaving the city. My husband teaches at one of the pr...
- Have you looked into parochial schools? Sometimes they are rather broad in their religious instruction, so many people are not offended by their doctrine. They reall...
College education...who Pays? Parent or Student?
Asked by A.M. from Phoenix
on August 20, 2012
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I'm wondering how many of you M.'s out there feel that it is a parents obligation to pay for your children's college education? Do you feel that it is solely your res...
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- I think the parents should help out if they can and what they cannot comfortably cover the student needs to cover.
- Children's responsibility. Because they have more years left to pay it off, and we can't go into our dotage with loads of debt. Also, when they are 18 they are t...
- Unless we as a nation can get over our recent abhorrence to taxes for the common good, no one but the very rich will be able to afford to go to college by the time our...
Private Vs. Public School ?
Asked by K.W. from Washington DC
on January 29, 2008
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I am in the process of researching elementary schools, as my son will enter kindergarten in the fall. I want to hear from moms who have children or who may have experi...
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- My suggestion is to send them to public school for a year, then when they go to private school they'll be happy and grateful. And if they ever complain you can say, "s...
- HI, I have a lot of experience in this area. I am a teacher in a balt. county public elementary school. However my own children are now attending private school. In...
- Hi K., Yes, there is a different . You as the parent would have to research . (Private varies ,public) My oldest son start private school in the very beginning. Which ...
Public v Private Schools
Asked by J.W. from St. Louis
on October 3, 2011
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This may seem like a strange question but why not.
You have two families brought together by divorce and remarriage. One family has older sibs that went to private...
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- I have four kids. At one time I had one in a public HS, two in two different Christian schools and one at a private nonCHristian preK. Now I have three at home, tw...
- I was sent to private high school in part because my older sister's experiences in public high school were very bad. She fell in with the wrong crowd and ended up tra...
- oooohhhh...things that make you go hmmmm... If the family can afford private - I would send them all to private - but that's me... I don't think it should make a...
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...
Private or Publc School
Asked by E.O. from Tulsa
on March 6, 2007
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I am torn about schooling. I always said I wouldn't send my children to private school but in the last year I have been considering eating my words. What are your vi...
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- Hi E. You did not say where you live , which may make a big difference in your choice. I live in KCMO school district, one with not the best rep, mind you, but there...
- Oh, me too (to coin a ToonTown Phrase). I always believed in public schools until this year when I started sending my son, an only child, to school (half-day K). ...
- This is such a difficult decision. I am trying to figure out the same for my own daughter. There are positives and negatives of both. I went to a public school from...
Public vs Private Schools
Asked by B.S. from Chicago
on October 18, 2009
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I am wanting to hear other opinions on the benefits of both public and private schools. My husband has always said he wanted our daughter to go to private school. I o...
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- Yes! I work from home so that my two older kids can go to private school and have no regrets and never second guess it. YES, there are great teachers in the public...
- I think it all kind of depends on your local schools. For example, we live in the city and on the south side where nearly everyone sends their kids to private school....
- My children attend The Children's School, an independent school located in Berwyn (not a religious school). A few of the big reasons why we chose The Children's School...
Private vs Public School
Asked by J.H. from San Francisco
on June 8, 2012
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Hello Mamas,
My DD is almost 4 and we are planning on putting her in private school. Financially we can make it work but we are not exactly rolling in the cash her...
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- My husband and I both attended public school and received a great education. We grew up in an affluent area with A+ schools. I taught before having children in a pub...
- ETA: Please do a complete check on the Waldorf school in your area. VISIT the school and WITNESS how they teach. Mallory is correct- kids usually come out of this ...
- I attended public school in Connecticut, and received an excellent education. When I had children, my husband and I chose to live in a house that we could have bought ...
