Do your kids go to public school, private school or are home schooled and why?

Question

I am now sending my daughter to Catholic School because the elementary school she was in ended and she was to be combined into a central, not-very-good school.

Answer 1

My daughter used to go to a catholic school,but the catholic church is not so good at running affairs on the business end of things and her school was closed,I think it had something to do with the hundreds of lawsuits filed by those who were molested by filthy priests,it was a great school,I was sad to see it go,they ended up combining catholic schools in our area and bumped up the tuition,we live in a nice area and the schools ranked well so I decided to enroll her in public school,I figured why not,I'm paying taxes out of my a$$,may as well take advantage of it.I think you will be happy with the catholic school,I'm content with my daughters education in public school,but I was much more at ease leaving my kid at the catholic school,it seems that the kids in the public system are more apt to do and say harsh and grown up things,where as at the catholic school,the teachers wouldn't allow it and kept a close eye on that kind of behavior,It could have just been that particular school,the class sizes were small and I had a pretty good relationship with the staff,even though I'm not catholic they always treated me like family,I think I miss that the most,hopefully you will get the same experience I did  

Answer 2

My son is in Catholic School, and is moving on to Catholic college next year.  The main reason is that I feel the curriculum and discipline in the catholic college system here is ten times better than the local public schools.  In order to get him into the Catholic College system, I had to send him to the local catholic grade school.  It's a fantastic school, with excellent values.  They don't shove the religion down anyone's throat (although my son is Catholic), and they do learn about other religions in an open-minded way, so it isn't like the kids don't learn about tolerance of other religions. And their school curriculum is about a year ahead of the local public school (I know because a friend of mine has her kids in the public school system).

Answer 3

public school

the catholic schools here are just as bad as the public so why spend the money ,

Answer 4

We cyber school because it frees us up to travel, the kids can work at their own pace, and no one will be getting MRSA, lice, meningitis and we'll never have a bomb scare.

Answer 5

Public School................But i am seriously thinking about sending him to a county school and not the city school he is in right now for various reasons.

Answer 6

My oldest child is entering second grade tomorrow. We sent her to Catholic School for Pre-K and Kindergarten because the church we attend is part of the school, so we thought it was a good idea. Also the public schools didn't offer as good of a Pre-K and Kindergarten program as the Catholic School. She started public school last year when she entered first grade. We will do the same with our two younger children as well.

Answer 7

Public school. But only because we live in a small town and there are only fifteen kids per class versus thirty five for regular kindergarten classes. I think private school is better for religious purposes.But if you go to church,they can learn about it there and at home.

Answer 8

my 3 daughters attend a private school.

I love it-the class sizes are way smaller than public schools (13 kids in my 6 year old's class, 17 in my 7 year old's, and 22 in my 9 year old's), the teachers are required to have nothing less than a bachelor's degree, and the teaching structure is based on how the child learns-not based from a book so to speak.

the principal (and also the owner of the school) is super nice and totally parent and child oriented. she always returns phone calls and answers questions and to top it all of, we learned she's been attending our church (along with several of the teachers) for several years now-this was a big plus.

I became totally against public schools after my kids were in one 2 years ago. my middle child was in kindergarten and basically ignored all year b/c the teacher had 4 boys who were behavioral issues and it was easier to shove my daughter in a corner with crayons and a coloring book than to make her do her work (the excuse the principal gave me was that she was a "baby" five due to have a late june birthday prior to school starting). she fell behind and had to repeat kindergarten last year but is excelling well now. the second issue occured with my 9 year who was in second grade at the time. she struggles with math and was using her fingers to help her count-the teacher berated her for this and sent a note home telling us to make her stop doing this and she needed to know things from memory!! I was shocked and angry-if my daughter needed to use her fingers for now to help her learn then so be it. to help correct the problem, I sent her to school with some counters-the teacher took them away!! I was done with public school after this.

hope it helps!!

Answer 9

My kids went to, and are going to, public schools from kindergarten through high school. I wanted to send them to Catholic School when they started going, but we live too far away from the nearest one. Since there was no bus service to where we live, I would have had a long commute taking them to and picking them up from school every day. The public school system they are in was rated at the top for the state, so I felt good about that.

I had a very good experience with the Catholic school system and feel I got an excellent education. The public schools where I grew up were not as good. I wanted to make sure my kids had as good as what I had. As it turned out, it was fine.  

Answer 10

When my husband and I had children we decided to get them the best education we could afford.  We are fortunate that in our area there are several top public and private school. We both felt that the public school was better funded and provided more opportunities for our children.  I like that my children have playdates with children in the neighborhood and that we also play on sports team with local children.  It turns out that one of our children needed special services that a private/catholic could not afford to offer and we have another child who is gifted for whom our school can also gear special programs.

Answer 11

My children are homeschooled.

The short answer to the "Why?" question is because we wanted them to have a customized education and real life socialization.  It works for us!

When we first started considering homeschool, my oldest was just a toddler.  One thing made us consider it, and as we looked into it in depth, more reasons made it stand out as the right choice for our family.

Answer 12

private that way they get more one on one contact with the teacher and plus besides getting morals at home they are learning about more morals at school.

Answer 13

I homeschool my oldest, and will homeschool them all when they get old enough. I do this mostly because I know my kids the best and know the way they learn. I went to a public school, Christian school, and was homeschooled when I was a child. You have to be careful in the public schools for obvious reasons, and careful in Christian schools because you WILL NOT agree with EVERYTHING that they teach (but it's the same thing in a public school too). Homeschooling isn't perfect either. It's important to keep homeschooled kids in lots of activities like sports and clubs to keep them socially interactive.  

Answer 14

My son is going to a private, nonsectarian school.  We chose his school because I'm not very impressed with our local public schools, to say the least.  There is a lot more diversity in the private school, which is a huge plus.  Also, there are so many "extras" included in the curriculum that it's easier than signing my son up for a bunch of extracurricular activities that he'll want to do after school.  I don't see my public school district offering karate, Spanish for kids ages 3 and up, yoga, orchestra, or rock climbing in the curriculum anytime soon.  

Answer 15

Catholic school? Don't do it! She'll hate it, I remember in Elementry school, you know it's a school not liking it, and I know now that it's good that I went to school and it was not so bad, but Catholic school I still hate.

I send my children to public school this is my five year old son's first year in Kindergarten, I plan to do the same with my three year old daughter, Samantha. Because I think they need to meet new people and such