https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:14:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2379907 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:00:00 +0000 bushelandapeck 2379907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. We also moved to our town for the schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2379881 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:32:18 +0000 winniebee 2379881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public as of Kindergarten. The town we are moving to has wonderful and the high school is nationally ranked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2379831 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 07:00:32 +0000 namaste 2379831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private K-12. She starts at the early childhood center part time in January :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378847 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:28:14 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2378847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>public for sure, barring any extreme circumstances related to safety. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378817 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 07:58:45 +0000 hellobeeboston 2378817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved to our town for the schools, so Public. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378791 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 06:21:37 +0000 Mrs. D 2378791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Financially, Private is not going to be an option for us, unless she were to attend the school I teach at. But that won't happen. I am one of three Christian teachers in a Muslim school. While I think it would be awesome for her to learn about the culture, and even the language, I have issues with her learning the religion at a young age. I don't want her confused. Maybe when she's older and she's been going to Sunday school longer and understands better how WE see the world we'd consider it.</p> <p>However, we have TWO public school options in our city! Technically it's the same school board, but we can put her in the regular English Program, or in the early French Immersion, which is what I'm leaning towards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378786 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 05:57:27 +0000 Mrs Z OT 2378786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted undecided because we are torn whether to send DD to the local (excellent) public school or the private gifted school (to be IQ tested in January). We're generally big believers in public education and hadn't seriously considered private until it became apparent she has certain academic needs that may not be met in public school. Her preschool teacher is concerned that she will be bored and start to act out in a regular ed classroom, but she's not socially/emotionally mature enough to skip a grade. It's frustrating because we purposefully bought a house in this district because of its stellar reputation, and now it may not matter and would increase our drive time to the private school. Unfortunately the public district's G&amp;T program doesn't begin until 3rd grade and we're afraid she'll have tuned out educationally by then if she's not challenged. She's a little awkward and I'm worried that she'll have a hard time fitting in or she'll tamp down her intellectual interests in order to try to fit in (which, bless her dorky little heart probably will never happen anyway). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378775 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 03:42:20 +0000 Kimberlybee 2378775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on where we are living in a few years. If we continue to stay where we are, in the heart of a big city, we will choose private Catholic school. If we move to the suburbs, it will be public school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378709 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:35:08 +0000 Mrs Spoon 2378709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably catholic for at least k-8. I went to catholic from PS - 12 but DH went to public. So we're still discussing. We have about 3 more years to decide. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378707 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:31:26 +0000 HLK208 2378707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still undecided. Public for now...but possibly private in a few years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378706 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:29:47 +0000 lilteacherbee 2378706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public. My sister and DH are public elementary school teachers (and I used to be). My sister teaches kindergarten at the school in our district, so that's likely where our kids will go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378676 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:40:59 +0000 Littlebit7 2378676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charter if we get lucky. Then private (our bank account will not be lucky. Nyc metro area).<br /> Public as a last resort. They are terrible here. Which is ironic because we literally live 25 feet from our zoned one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378652 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:48:06 +0000 lawbee11 2378652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378642 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:33:49 +0000 PurplePeony 2378642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Torn between public and private. I'd LOVE to send her to a bilingual school but they're all really inconvenient to where we live so it's likely out. Our neighborhood schools are very good but I'm very much against the amount of standardized testing in public school, which is one of the main reasons we might go for private school. The other would be if she seems really ready for school but can't go due to missing the cutoff by a couple months (it's very early in our district and she is an early December baby). It's really only a debate if we decide to be one and done though, since we could never afford private school tuition plus daycare and later double private school tuition (I wouldn't want them at different schools). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378595 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:23:36 +0000 yoursilverlining 2378595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tlynne: agree re: gifted. It's also often true for any sort of special need. Many private schools don't have the resources public schools do, even though that seems (and sounds, since they charge up the wall) counter intuitive. </p> <p>Public for us - we're huge proponents of public school. Maybe private K, for our convenience, not because I think it's educationally better. Homeschooling is a big no for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378593 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:21:53 +0000 LindsayLou 2378593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public, absolutely. Private school isn't in the budget and isn't what we would want anyway. Our district is one of the highest ranked in the state, we've heard great things about it, and it was a major factor in moving here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378590 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:15:51 +0000 farawayyama 2378590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I struggle with this a lot. If I'm still teaching where I am, she will likely come with me. I teach in an excellent charter (consistently ranked as excellent by the state) and love the philosophy of the school. I also love my admin and our students do really well.</p> <p>On the other hand I struggle with how much work our kids do (not just my school but public and charters in general). And then the state testing, which is totally too much and completely inappropriate for kids. For that reason I'm toying with relaxed homeschooling or montessori.</p> <p>DH is HG. He has a lot of HG/PG family members. If DD ended up in that category we'd likely move into a particular school district. It's technically to early to tell (14 months) but I honestly doubt she is, based on what I've seen.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378582 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:06:45 +0000 erinpye 2378582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tlynne: Davidson is a good resource at least. Some parents have said MENSA actually is as well because they do a lot of local events for kids. Especially for the many that homeschool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378573 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:46:17 +0000 tlynne 2378573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: they really do get high achievers and gifted confused...but we have no schools for the gifted within 50 miles. We have to utilize online programs, like Davidson and Duke TIP to really challenge some kids. My family is also grateful that we get to choose their children's school in our county...this makes a huge difference in how DS is served </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378543 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:52:38 +0000 littleblessings 2378543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is currently in public. Not 100% on what will happen. Might switch to home school. Idk. I have another year of this very small public school and then I decide to send my kids to a bigger school or home school them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378532 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:47:26 +0000 loveisstrange 2378532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public but also other? We're hoping to get her into the gifted magnet school run by our city's public school district. We live in one of the county de-seg districts.</p> <p>If not... well, I guess we rethink our options. I don't want to send her to the public schools where we currently live. Homeschooling is a total no for us, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378454 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:55:43 +0000 MrsBeluga 2378454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did Catholic K-8 and Catholic College, Hubby did Catholic K-12.... Catholic schools is just in the cards for our kiddos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378402 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:02:19 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2378402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Public school. I'm not sure where we'll be when DD is school aged, but we will definitely buy in a good school district. The schools where we are now are great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378388 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:44:54 +0000 meredithNYC 2378388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private, Catholic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378376 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:31:10 +0000 LilSprinkles 2378376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Private </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378374 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:30:06 +0000 mauxie 2378374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly public, but will likely do private for DD for her primary years (K-1 or K-2). Her bday is less than a week before the cut off but at this point, we'd like her to start "early" and most public schools around here will not make exceptions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378370 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:26:48 +0000 erinpye 2378370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tlynne: that's sadly true. The only reason we can send our HG kid to private and know her needs will be met, is that we have a local private gifted school. The public schools here haven't really figured out a good GT solution yet, and convolute it with high-achieving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378364 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:23:21 +0000 edelweiss 2378364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>public. we paid a hefty premium for our home because it's in a good school district. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378273 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:14:49 +0000 honeybear 2378273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: I'll get back to you in a bit. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-kind-of-education-are-you-planning-for-k-12/page/2#post-2378261 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:07:45 +0000 Greentea 2378261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: Cool! Do you follow a curriculum from your state? I am interested big time. </p>