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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1880752" data-attributes="member: 229">I know more than a few friends who have kids in private schools and again, the term is very subjective.  I don't find that they've gained much over my kids (who are in small town schools with smaller class sizes) other than more money for certain things in some cases.  Several have kids who have graduated and they don't seem to have much more in the way of academic advantages, scholarships, or safety (from public-school problems) than my kids do at an AA public school.  They are offered a few more subjects, but once in high-school, most kids can attend concurrent classes at a local college or AP classes off-campus (you have to dig/poke around and really push for it, but you'll find that most principals / counselors will work with you).Smaller class-sizes come with with benefits and disadvantages though (one major disadvantage is that you're stuck with the classmates/teachers you have and you don't have a lot of choice - so hope there are some good kids/parents/teachers in there or its a rough 12 years).  Small towns come with small-town politics which can be worse than big cities (we just transferred our kids to another slightly smaller school because of some politics, but I still don't want them in a huge school as it would be a shock to their systems at this point).We're involved parents and I find that no matter what the school is (my wife is a teacher and has friends in several schools), we're in the minority if we give a crap as parents.  Just remember, private school doesn't always equal parents that give a crap.</blockquote>

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