Does your child go/ will be going to public or private school?

If your child goes to private school, can you tell me why you made that decision. Also, if your child goes to public school, can you tell me why you made the decision.

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We have a pretty good school district with good resources and good ratings, that’s what determined our choice.

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Our public school district has much better resources than our private schools.

Higher quality and diversity of teachers too. It’s silly for me to pay high tuition for a low quality private education. I have such great schools right here.

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We are going to a private school but its because the schools in my area are absolutely awful. The local high school that my children would have been going to have had two teachers convicted as paedophiles in the last 5 years - for serial assault against boys and girls. Im also told there is a considerable amount of bullying and the teachers came and go quicker than a wh0res drawers. I am now pregnant with twins so I hope we can afford it but if not we will be moving to the next county to try and find a better public education

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Mine go to private school. I have no issues with public school, my husband and I both had great experiences, but unfortunately our district is really bad right now.

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Besides finances, every single one of the people I know that has been private schooled have been entitled, pompous knobheads, and I’d rather take the chance of my child being less academically smart but a well-rounded, pleasant human being

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I homeschool, which in Kentucky, technically homeschools are legally classified as private schools (that are just ran in the home).

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Public because of cost also my son was preemie and i feel they offer more services. I went to private school with my sisters and one of my sisters was bullied horribly and no one really did anything about it i feel like it’s easier to go up chain of command at public school. It’s also easy to feel left out because a lot of private school kids have family with $$$ while we were there on scholarship so like spring break and Christmas break people are going on crazy trips and we just went like one state over. Which was fun don’t get me wrong, but it can just make you feel “less than”. I have looked into charter school as well for my son tho but he’s in public at the moment

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Public bc it’s closer and cheaper but also bc the only private schools near me are catholic schools and we aren’t religious

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our parents both raised us in private environments (my hubby and i) and we both went to private schools all our lives but we'll just sign up for our kids to go public

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Public school because I love public education! Private schools can do real sketchy stuff and what if my kids have ieps? A public school is far better for that.

Public schools are the backbone of society. They provide for every kid regardless of disability or socioeconomic status. I love public education!

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I have kids with IEPs. Going anywhere but a public school would be a disservice to them.

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