@HardDrive
We sacrifice a lot to send our kids to the local Catholic school too. It's money, time, commitment, etc... In short, a lot of hard work.
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Originally Posted by HardDrive
I don't see how the public schools could ever compete with private.
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This statement struck me odd. The public school funding per student dwarfs our spending. Our teachers make a fraction of what the public school teachers make, particularly when you add in retirement benefits. The public schools are the NY Yankees of spending, and our little school is more like the Milwaukee Brewers.
Certainly, we have more committed parents, and more involvement. That goes with the fact that we expect a better product because we are paying for it. However, there is a lot more to this.
Certainly, there are lots of reasons the public schools should cost more. They need to take in special needs kids, and they can't really pick and choose which students they get.
Somewhere that needs to be balanced with the public schools' poor choices. They seem reluctant to expel kids except for the most egregious behaviors. You can't fire a public school teacher. It's impossible. The unions have a stranglehold on just about everything that happens within the school. There are more examples, but the public schools need to do a better job of setting their priorities. I don't think that can happen in the current climate with the unions. Its not in their interests.