https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:00:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2051696 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:07:16 +0000 yellowbird 2051696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public if we stay where we are. My state doesn't have charter schools and there are not any great private options either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2051682 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:53:15 +0000 MrsBananaGrabber 2051682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely public. We bought a house in a exceptional school district, and pay higher taxes because of it. Growing up I went to public, private, and charter schools, and I believe that the education I received at the public schools was the best. </p> <p>If we lived in an area with bad public schools, we might reconsider. I would probably look at "school of choice" options first, to see if I could elect a superior nearby public school, before going with private or charter though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2050915 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:09:59 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2050915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. We chose a house in this school district for that reason. Both DH and I went to public schools, and in our area, there is more opportunity and diversity within the public schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2050893 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:56:23 +0000 littlejoy 2050893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. I want to support public schools, and the best way I know how is to send my children there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2050884 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:50:20 +0000 Maysprout 2050884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public for now. We'll see where we move in the future and what schools are around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2050835 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:08:15 +0000 edelweiss 2050835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>public. we partly picked the area we live in because of the good public schools, and we certainly pay a premium in high housing costs and local taxes, so we're going public! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2050755 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:17:11 +0000 plantains 2050755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public for elementary. I'm not sure about the rest because NYC has these weird dezoned application systems for high school and middle school can be quite similar. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2046482 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:08:45 +0000 StbHisMrs 2046482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My don was on a private school second through fourth, we didn't like how cliquey it was. He's been at a charter school since fifth grade, he's in seventh now. He does much better there. Our public schools are not great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2046467 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:59:32 +0000 jape14 2046467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. Our assigned schools are pretty good (and we live in a part of our district where reassignment isn't usually much of a concern, thankfully). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/3#post-2046462 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:52:21 +0000 shellio 2046462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private. I was enthusiastic about home schooling but fell in love with a local spanish immersion private program. (They also have mandarin and french but spanish is our first choice.) The school is preK-8th so I don't know what we will do for HS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046432 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:38:18 +0000 Skadi 2046432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll homeschool k-12. We could have the most top-rated public or private schools in the nation down the street, and you still couldn't pay me to send my kids there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046421 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:35:17 +0000 lilteacherbee 2046421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. I wouldn't want him at the school DH and I teach at now, but the elementary schools in our district are pretty good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046416 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:32:03 +0000 Purpledaisy 2046416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046414 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:31:02 +0000 creativemomma15 2046414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046363 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:55:56 +0000 Meowkers 2046363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>charter or public up to 5th grade. private for 6th grade and up. The public school system in our city is an absolute joke for junior high and high school. They're absolutely terrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046267 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:01:46 +0000 matador84 2046267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll prob do private pre-K, and K. Possibly public from 1st on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046248 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:49:31 +0000 avivoca 2046248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: Yeah, we're thinking of moving out to the burbs for the schools. The way they do things in JC is just weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046167 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:39:39 +0000 Charm54 2046167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. Diversity is very important to me and that is not reflected in the private schools in my a area. Plus I'm a public school teacher and believe in the system :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046166 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:39:20 +0000 namaste 2046166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046164 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:38:06 +0000 BandDmommy 2046164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046112 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:53:34 +0000 erinpye 2046112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private for DD1. We'll have to see what DD2's needs are before we know what kind of school she'll attend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046093 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:42:29 +0000 FannyMae 2046093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>majority of kindergartens here are public, but I'd like to send her to a local catholic private primary school (which hubby went to as a kid) and then a private catholic high school he went to. Both are 5 mins/walking distance from home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2046054 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:20:37 +0000 farawayyama 2046054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably public. We're looking at moving to a district that offers Ib all the way through.</p> <p>In our families there are people with autism and other special needs, as well as people who fall into the highly gifted range, and ended up skipping up to three grade levels (In the 80s when tested, the definition they used was IQ above 140). If DD falls into one of these categories, and we can afford it, we would consider private. </p> <p>I'm not wholly against charter, but there are only a couple in our region that I would consider. The rest are very high pressure and test focused, which isn't what I want for DD. The corporate charter movement makes me extremely uncomfortable, which a lot of our local charters are. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2045936 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:37:58 +0000 Ginabean3 2045936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely public. That's why we moved where we did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2045934 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:35:49 +0000 Ree723 2045934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public - we have several great public school options near us, something we took into consideration when shopping for a house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2045925 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:31:31 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2045925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're unsure. We're trying for the local public Spanish Immersion program... But there's only one school even remotely close to us and it's a test-in program.</p> <p>If not that, we'll probably go private because the public KG/1st grade classes are way too big in our city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2045917 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:25:31 +0000 Applesandbananas 2045917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private without a doubt. The public schools here are a hot mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2045916 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:24:32 +0000 mamimami 2045916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private. I attended an independent school and now I work at one, so suffice to say I believe in them. Public is not a good option around these parts anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2045899 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:16:32 +0000 MrsRcCar 2045899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish public school but the schools in our present area are awful. :bummed: If we stay in this area our kids will either be homeschooled or some other arrangement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/private-public-charter-or-other/page/2#post-2045881 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:05:05 +0000 littleblessings 2045881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prolly public for my two. Although I don't want to send then to the school SO and I went to due to them changing stuff around. I don't like it. I don't really wanna send the kids to our rival school either. Prolly will move and send them elsewhere. </p>