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The good thing is that because the OP is in private school enrolling in public school for NEXT year it will not have effect on whether or not they have to actually decide to go to public school. If they do get into a magnet with WCPSS and change their minds about the whole thing, they can just go back to private with no consequences. But if the OP waits until later in the year to decide what to do, magnet will no longer be an option and the only left will be their base school.
Good point! The timing really works for the OP to apply to magnets, see what happens, and then make a decision.
when you are in a private school, do you have to make a commitment to 'stay on' by a certain date? is this date before or after you hear about magnets and such? just curious if they are helpful or not about making different decisions.
I don't know about the school the OP is at but the school my kids are at...yes you have to commit before the magnet and charter lotteries are drawn and notification sent out.
Thanks for your very blunt and in my opinion heartfelt answer. I do appreciate it and I have often felt the same way. My comcern is that if we have only a few years to be able handle a few years for each child that middle school might be more important than now.
I appreciate any other insights. FYI to others reading this, amny parents with kids in private school seem to have unlimited funds, but most of us make huge sacrifices to have out kids there.
Exactly. To those saying "you can't afford not to be in private schools" I would counter that first you can't afford to BE in one if it means mortgaging your and/or the kids' future (eg retirement portfolio or their college fund) and second not all public schools are some disaster area (sorry don't have specific recommendations).
I understand a good education is very important but at that age I think their emotional development is at least as important - in fact more so - and bouncing a kid in/out of schools doesn't do wonders for that, ie extremely stressful because they "lose" friendships, have to start over etc. That's far easier for an adult than that delicate age when you're still learning how to develop friendships and social bonds or circles/etc.
Basically if money is that tight, I would do what you are doing - research as much as possible and try to find a public school which is at least respectable and go with it. If you truly can't afford a private school, don't live beyond your means and endanger your and/or the kids' future (eg college, when their quality of education is far more important, or your retirement portfolio) for it.
I understand a good education is very important but at that age I think their emotional development is at least as important - in fact more so - and bouncing a kid in/out of schools doesn't do wonders for that, ie extremely stressful because they "lose" friendships, have to start over etc. That's far easier for an adult than that delicate age when you're still learning how to develop friendships and social bonds or circles/etc.
Sadly that's one of the biggest reasons that people choose private schools in wake county. ...to ensure that their kids are not bounced around every year do to reassignment.
Sadly that's one of the biggest reasons that people choose private schools in wake county. ...to ensure that their kids are not bounced around every year do to reassignment.
You know, I've been hearing about the latest reassignment in the news, and all the hollering that's going on about it.
I can't help but wonder, though - with all this animosity about school reassignments, why doesn't the school board get voted out and replaced with people who won't do that anymore?
Unfortunately it's not that easy. The Wake school Board is elected, but it's not an "at large" election. Each area in the county has one specific board seat to vote for and in some areas, they don't even always have 2 people running. So if you don't like the way board member A voted on an issue, but the board member representing you is Board member B, your hands are tied.
I am very supportive of WCPSS policies on redistricting, but this is something I don't agree with and believe the board should have at large elections in Wake County since the board as a whole has the lauthority to affect where families are assigned to school across the entire county. Since a good chunk of children are sent to school outside of the area that their board member represents, they should be able to vote for the member who represents the area where a child actually goes to school.
Hope that makes sense!
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