private schools if you live in hyde park/oakley/mt lookout (Washington: to buy, college)

[stumbalina]

May be moving to Cincy. We like the more city feel of hyde park/oakley/mt. lookout but not sure about cincy public schools other than walnut hills, can probably come up with the dough for private although we are both public school people and kids have been in public schools. working downtown thus also the appeal of the places i mentioned. Can anybody tell me anything about st. x, seven hills, summit country day, walnut hills. are there any i am missing? have a boy who would be entering high school, won't know anybody there. easiest schools to assimilate into?

[Hartwell Girl]

my son attends Moeller which is near Kenwood mall--its a good school and he's happy--I'd add it to the list to check out.

[CincyExpert]

I second Moeller. If I had to attend a private HS, this would've been my first choice. McNicholas is probably your best co-ed private HS option in the area. It's a few thousand a year cheaper than Moeller too.

[wilson1010]

The parochial high schools for Hyde Park and Mt. Lookout are Purcell and Mc Nicholas. I have a non-Catholic son who went to McNick and loved it. It would not be forthright not to mention that McNick lacks diversity. When my son graduated in 2000, the closest thing to a minority student in his class was somewhat darkskinned son of a Peruvian transplant surgeon. So if minority enrollment is important, you had better check it out and see what its like today.

Purcell has gone through its changes. They had a bad drug problem there a few years ago that had everyone freaked out but many say its under control now.

The private schools are Summit and Seven Hills. Seven Hills is the tops, but they are very selective and I think they are around $20,000+ these days.

Walnut Hills is the real deal. If your kid does OK there, he will get into the college of his choice. But the culture is a little rowdy. Not for the faint of heart.

Good luck!

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

Purcell has gone through its changes. They had a bad drug problem there a few years ago that had everyone freaked out but many say its under control now.

The private schools are Summit and Seven Hills. Seven Hills is the tops, but they are very selective and I think they are around $20,000+ these days.

Walnut Hills is the real deal. If your kid does OK there, he will get into the college of his choice. But the culture is a little rowdy. Not for the faint of heart.

Your child can score a lot of drugs in ANY of those schools easily. Because one school actually faces up to it and invites the CPD in for a drug bust or two is not a bad thing.

Contrary to popular belief, most of the drug dealers I encountered were out in Mount Washington and Anderson.

[Cincy-Rise]

Myth: Marijuana Policy in the Netherlands is a Failure. Dutch law, which allows marijuana to be bought, sold, and used openly, has resulted in increasing rates of marijuana use, particularly in youth.

Fact: The Netherlands' drug policy is the most nonpunitive in Europe. For more than twenty years, Dutch citizens over age eighteen have been permitted to buy and use cannabis (marijuana and hashish) in government-regulated coffee shops. This policy has not resulted in dramatically escalating cannabis use. For most age groups, rates of marijuana use in the Netherlands are similar to those in the United States. However, for young adolescents, rates of marijuana use are lower in the Netherlands than in the United States. The Dutch people overwhelmingly approve of current cannabis policy which seeks to normalize rather than dramatize cannabis use.


Kids are so predictable... if you legalize it, they don't have an interest to experiment. If you tell them they can't have it, they want it even more.


As long as street narcotics are a big no-no ... kids will try it no matter what school they go to, no matter what part of town they live in .... it's just that some are smarter about concealing it than others are.

[gman5431]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

Walnut Hills is the real deal. If your kid does OK there, he will get into the college of his choice. But the culture is a little rowdy. Not for the faint of heart.

Not really sure what you mean by this unless your idea of rowdy is racial diverse. Its the only school mentioned here were you are going to meet people of different backgrounds. All the others are going to be 80% or more of whites.

G Man

[wilson1010]

Originally Posted by gman5431

Not really sure what you mean by this unless your idea of rowdy is racial diverse. Its the only school mentioned here were you are going to meet people of different backgrounds. All the others are going to be 80% or more of whites.

G Man

I meant exactly what I said: the culture is a little rowdy. I know a little about this having a son who did 6 years at Walnut Hills when I was a single parent and went to the school meetings and events on an almost daily basis. I chaperoned the senior prom. I met with the Principal on behalf of thirty protesting students.

There is protest on everything from forks in the cafeteria to dirty dancing in lingerie in the halls, crossdressing, etc.

I survived it, but I had to look the other way at prom, I can tell you that.

BTW, keep your racism comments to yourself. You don't know me and you are in no position to suggest that I would object to diversity, which I am sure for you means black students.

[gman5431]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

I meant exactly what I said: the culture is a little rowdy. I know a little about this having a son who did 6 years at Walnut Hills when I was a single parent and went to the school meetings and events on an almost daily basis. I chaperoned the senior prom. I met with the Principal on behalf of thirty protesting students.

There is protest on everything from forks in the cafeteria to dirty dancing in lingerie in the halls, crossdressing, etc.

I survived it, but I had to look the other way at prom, I can tell you that.

BTW, keep your racism comments to yourself. You don't know me and you are in no position to suggest that I would object to diversity, which I am sure for you means black students.

I also did 6 years at Walnut (by the way, i like the way you phrased it to make it sound like serving a prison sentance and not attending high school) so i feel i'm in a better position to comment than yourself. Or maybe you are one of those parents that think they know the ins and outs of the school from school meetings. Sure, its a lot different from private schools. But id match Walnut up against any private school and you dont have to pay and arm and a leg to attend there. I dont believe the culture at Walnut is any more rowdy then any high school, its just different because it is so diverse. Walnut is much more than black and white by the way, a fact that i would have hoped you would have known.

In the end, the reasons why many people chose private schools are well known and well founded. Glad i didnt go that route and as far as value, Walnut is the best bar none because you dont have to pay college prices to attend and i think the diversity of the atmosphere there is something that you cant put a value on.

G Man

[GManorborn]

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Wow, you’d think someone with a Walnut education would be sensitive enough that they wouldn’t attribute racial motivation so quickly to "the culture is a little rowdy."

BTW, my reaction to the rowdy comment, as someone who "did" six years (and two summers) at Walnut Hills, was "great, the students are still on a long leash (or no leash at all). "