Is Your Child in Private or Public School? What Factors Played a Role in Your Decision?
This is my son's first year at school and I am nervous. Of course I have known since the day I gave birth to him that one day I would watch a yellow school bus drive away with him inside it, but until the last few weeks I never realized how out of control it would make me feel as a mom who, like most parents, wants to protect her child.
Our son attends public school. It's what we can afford, home-schooling and private school are out and, honestly, as a product of the North Carolina public school system myself, I am confident he will receive a quality education there.
It can be unsettling, though, when I turn on the television each morning before beginning my work and see the local headlines. A sample from today's news: There was a shooting near a Charlotte school that put students and teachers on lockdown, a Wake County teacher was charged with sexual abuse of a minor, and another child became sick after eating candy they received at school that later tested positive for drugs.
Aside from the worries of danger, I am also concerned about large classroom sizes, a shortage of quality educators, and budget cuts that threaten things like art, computer, and music classes.
It's a wide and scary world out there and we are largely out of control of it when we kiss our children good bye each morning at the bus stop or in the carpool line. It's a reality we all must face as parents.
Do you worry about your child's education or their safety while they are in school? Did they play a role in your decision to place your child in private instead of public school?
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He goes to a public school, but his school is out of our district. We seriously considered private and explored all our options. We were just not impressed with the private schools. They did not stack up against the school he attends. We knew we did not want to send him to the school in our district because it was overcrowded. The school we chose has been the right choice for us so far. He is in 1st grade and we love his school.
Unfortunately there are No Non religious private schools near us, without driving 20 minutes. I hate it.
Homeschooling...for the first year this year! The factors that made me decide is, while we are living in a hotel, waiting for escrow to close, wake county will not allow me to enroll my kids in school...so the decision wasn't much of a decision, LOL! I'm committed to giving it a full year.
Up til this point, my kids have been in public school in California, public school in NC, Charter school in Arizona....and now Homeschool.
In a way I'd call it private school...since I'm funding my school, Lighthouse Academy of Learning, with private funds :)
I feel the exact same way.
All of the private schools near us (and I'm willing to drive quite a way) are religious, and we are agnostic.
I hate that the curriculum they are teaching in 1st grade, she learned in her 2nd year of preschool, it's pathetic. The school is catering to all the desperately behind children whose parents don't care about them, and she sits in class bored.
May I ask what homeschool programs you have considered? I feel lost and don't even know where to begin on looking into it. :)
Quoting Rain2Rinse:
She is in a public school because we were wait liste at our private school of choice. I hate it, and will most likely be home schooling her before too long.
Many of the local private schools here are also religious. :/
Her school is beyond ridiculous. Their expectations for the k grade come the end of the year is that they can count to 100, and know 25 core words. When the expectations are so low, is it any wonder that do are test scores?
Quoting MamaPeanut:I feel the exact same way.
All of the private schools near us (and I'm willing to drive quite a way) are religious, and we are agnostic.
I hate that the curriculum they are teaching in 1st grade, she learned in her 2nd year of preschool, it's pathetic. The school is catering to all the desperately behind children whose parents don't care about them, and she sits in class bored.
May I ask what homeschool programs you have considered? I feel lost and don't even know where to begin on looking into it. :)
Quoting Rain2Rinse:
She is in a public school because we were wait liste at our private school of choice. I hate it, and will most likely be home schooling her before too long.
Where in North Carolina do you live?
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on Sep. 20, 2012 at 4:00 PM