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What kind of school do you think you'll send LO to?

  1. Maysprout

    grapefruit / 4800 posts

    Probably public school but we don't know where we'll end up in a few years so it depends. And I do really love the Friends school philosophy. I went to public and my husband went to private and for his high school I can see where there were advantages but for most of the private schools around where I grew up I never really understood what the allure was, I felt like private school kids were very naive. But while my high school had a pretty big drug problem (we made national news for all the drug overdose deaths) it did offer a huge variety of classes. If we lived 20 minutes away from where we do now there's no way my kid would be going to public school since there's been gun violence in and near the schools. So I guess it depends on a bunch of stuff but I do prefer them being in public school and around their community and not just the well off.

  2. SAHM0811

    grapefruit / 4049 posts

    Private Catholic school. DD starts Kinder in the fall and I'm so excited for her.

    I went to Catholic schools from 1st grade to college & grad school and DH from K-12 and we had very good experiences.

  3. Mrs. Fox

    cherry / 208 posts

    Private school. DH went to public school and he is adamant that DS goes to private school. I went to private schools (the progressive kind) and had fabulous experiences all the way along so I fully support sending our boy to similar schools. I'd also be open to home schooling, early on.
    Don't forget that most private schools offer financial aid and scholarships. The sticker price isn't always the true cost.

  4. Mrs. High Heels

    blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts

    Public

  5. loveisstrange

    pineapple / 12526 posts

    I was public schooled and DH was Catholic school until 8th grade and then public high school. We're hoping for a Montessori preschool followed by a private (preferably non-religious, but we'd accept Catholic) school.

    We inherited a home and the school district isn't great. I'd prefer not to send her there, although it's not the end of the world if we have to. DH and I both graduated from that district.

  6. hilsy85

    squash / 13764 posts

    Unsure...I would like to at least give public a shot, Dh would prefer private. Our zoned public elementary school is pretty good, and I really don't want to deal with the application process for private (or the tuition!).

  7. CupQuakeWalk

    coconut / 8475 posts

    no question: Private Muslim school. It's the main reason we chose our location.

  8. pl0508

    GOLD / grapefruit / 4007 posts

    Public. My husband teaches and coaches in one of the best districts in our state

  9. allison

    pear / 1895 posts

    I'm sure we'll send to public school. I'm also interested in "unschooling", but only if I can find a community of other unschoolers. No way can we (or will ever be able to) afford private school.

  10. Running Elley

    coconut / 8681 posts

    We're planning on at least starting him in public. We live right down the street from one and in a really good school district. I would love to send him to private Catholic school but I don't really see it happening.

  11. Mrs. Lemon-Lime

    wonderful pea / 17279 posts

    Public School most likely. We live in A Rated school district with lots of homeowners, so the tax base is here to support really good activities and involvement in the schools.

  12. Ra

    honeydew / 7586 posts

    Public school. We have considered private school (as we are looking to buy a home in the city) but I absolutely will not send him to a christian school. The secular private schools in the area run around $20,000 a year so we are trying to avoid that cost!

  13. shellio

    pear / 1614 posts

    Public for elementary, the K-5 school we are zoned for is the best in the state (big plus in purchasing our home). After that, likely private, unless the middle/high schools around here REALLY improve over the next few years.

    We live in Colorado and moved out here from the east coast, our property taxes here are ridiculously low in comparison so we have justified the cost of private school education with all the $$ we are saving annually on property taxes - many thousands per year.

  14. avivoca

    watermelon / 14467 posts

    Most likely public school, but I hate that our kids won't go to the schools closest to us. JCPS has a crazy zoning/bussing system in place to integrate the schools, so it's very likely that our kids will go to school across the county.

  15. mamimami

    grapefruit / 4120 posts

    Private school. After working here six years it's about time to cash in on that tuition discount!!! I am a big believer in independent schools, although if I had the choice of an excellent public school I wouldn't rule it out.

  16. sarac

    pomelo / 5093 posts

    Montessori homeschool through kindergarten, then we'll see. My MIL is a montessori teacher who used to run her own school, and when she shut it down, she saved the materials and such for grandchildren. I'm so excited for it. I'm really considering homeschooling after that.

  17. sarac

    pomelo / 5093 posts

    @allison: I'm really considering unschooling too! If I didn't have built in montessori, I'd go with that for the foreseeable future. When we get to elementary school, it'll be top of the list of choices, and if it works for my daughter, I think I'll go with it.

  18. Mrs. Jacks

    blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts

    @TurtleDoves: I'd love to hear a guest post on your school!

  19. Weagle

    coconut / 8498 posts

    I would LOVE to send her to a Classical Christian school near us, but I don't know if we could afford it. One year costs more than one year of college for DH and I combined. In the early years I'm open to homeschooling, hybrid schooling, and possibly some of the elementary schools in our district. It's not until middle school that things will get tough. We may not even be living here then, though!

  20. MaisyMay

    GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts

    She'll do public school and I'll supplement her education at home if needed.

  21. CupQuakeWalk

    coconut / 8475 posts

    @Mrs. Jacks: I'd totally do that! I went there as a child and my siblings still go. I even interned there with their school social worker during graduate school so you could say I've worked there? My mom did work there (before leaving to teach at public high school).

  22. googly-eyes

    GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts

    I hope it will be public school and for middle/high school I hope it will be a magnet program!

  23. Mrs Hedgehog

    pear / 1812 posts

    Public. I went to public school and turned out great. So did DH and the rest of our families. College is expensive enough. No need to pay for private school when there isn't a big difference in the end results IMO.

  24. lamariniere

    pineapple / 12566 posts

    We are already struggling with this question and DS is only 2! We live in a country where neither DH or I speak the language (German) and I am very set on DS getting his main education in either English or French. There are several English speaking schools and one French school (all of which also teach German) so I guess it will depend on wait lists. For the moment, DS is in a half day bilingual German/English Montessori preschool and he seems to really like it.

    Edit: if we lived in an English or French speaking country DS would most likely go to public school.

  25. PrincessBaby

    cantaloupe / 6610 posts

    We are building a house in an area of Charleston SC with great public schools and that's one reason we pulled the trigger on the new build...Even though it's a higher $ real estate area, we will be saving a lot of money by utilizing the great public school system...

  26. Smurfette

    GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts

    Public. We looked for a house that had great schools, well elementary, since we plan on being here 5-7 years.

  27. yerpie110

    nectarine / 2771 posts

    Public! We bought in a town that has a great public school system. It was our #1 criteria in terms of location when house hunting - how highly ranked the schools were.

  28. Mrs. WinterWheat

    grape / 80 posts

    Public schooling and if need be supplement at home. But really we have no choice what school we send our LO to (other than home schooling). We live in a rural area with only one school available (the public one). And I am not willing to send my kids away to private school mostly because of the distance and that private school is not very good (about 4 hours away). Though here they do have separate schools for k-4, 5-8, and 9-12 which I like.

  29. Espion

    pomegranate / 3577 posts

    @mrs. 64: The"high stakes testing culture" is an interesting comment. Do you mean the state proficiency tests? I remember when we first started doing them every other year. I also remember how annoyed the teachers were to lop off an entire 6 weeks of their curriculum to teach to a minimum skills test.

    That being said, I moved to Georgia right when they wherein the throes of the teachers/testing/cheating scandal. Honestly, it all sounded like the mafia. Primarily for the fact that the teachers all sounded pressured and scared for their jobs...

    Since we're moving to another state, it will be a big factor in what neighborhood we pick. Thankfully one of the public high schools is the best in the state. Private school would depend entirely on the culture/kids/parents that I observe. So much to think about to help this LO navigate though. Junior high and high school are not exactly easy years!

  30. skibobrown

    pomegranate / 3388 posts

    DH and I are both the products of public school, so we would really like DD to go to public school too. That being said, the public schools aren't great in our area. We're just starting to look for a house to buy, and school systems are a topic that we're spending a lot of time working on.

  31. ValentineMommy

    pomelo / 5791 posts

    Public, all the way. DH and I both went to public school. We also bought our house in an area with great schools (and pay a TON for them in taxes)

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