Do your kids go to public or private school? (1 Viewer)

[FUBAR]

People obsess over school rankings. But that ranking is totally irrevelant to your individual student. It's more a reflection of the people who live in the district than specifically the efficacy of the school itself. 

Your kid will do well or poorly based on parental involvement, I ate temperament and skills, peer group influences and expectations of his or her immediate community (friends, sports, church etc...basically is education valued in their personal circle). A high achieving kid will do great in a top tier or middle tier school - probably all the same honestly. 

sure, to a degree.  It helps a lot when your kid is surrounded by other kids whose parents are also involved in the school.  There are opportunities, extracurricular and specific classes, available here that I hadn't seen anywhere else - and that includes a high ranking system near UVA. 

Parental involvement is probably step 1.  Peers who have the same parental involvement is a very nice step 2. Once the kids go to middle school and HS, peers are arguably as important as parents.  (I don't completely buy that but experts seem to think so)

 

[mr. furley]

public

for now

if one more brown kid moves in to the district we are going with home schooling. until such time as a brown family moves in to the neighborhood. then we are sending the kids to the moon. until the Chinese land there. then... no idea.  the sun?

 

[Quez]

public

for now

if one more brown kid moves in to the district we are going with home schooling. until such time as a brown family moves in to the neighborhood. then we are sending the kids to the moon. until the Chinese land there. then... no idea.  the sun?

As long as it's not hasidic Jews!

 

[SofaKings]

I have one that will be a senior at a public high school and another that will be a freshman at the local all girls catholic school.  

 

[El Floppo]

public

for now

if one more brown kid moves in to the district we are going with home schooling. until such time as a brown family moves in to the neighborhood. then we are sending the kids to the moon. until the Chinese land there. then... no idea.  the sun?

north koreans are already there.