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1. send your child to the best public schools, but you need to drive your child to school, a bit farther from your home school boundary, but the grades are at the very top of the state?
2. Have your child enjoy the free school bus ride at your home public school boundary, the schools aren’t the best, but they are just OK.
I thought of it this way for the first option, I actually save the private school tuition, being able to send my child to the best public school instead, even though I need to drive my child to school each day and his friends at the same neighborhood might not then go to the same school as he does. But that doesn’t mean he won’t be making his own circle of friends at school…what’s your input? Thanks for sharing.
So you can send your kid to other public schools, even though they are not your neighborhood school? Pretty cool! Well, assuming the drive is not too far (like more than 20 minutes) I would go for the better school. If the home school was better, not top, but at least excellent, I'd keep him there, but if your home school is only okay, I'd go for the best.
I struggled with this question as well, to some degree. Automatically, I might say the better school that is out-of-boundries. However, if the local school is not failing, I would ask myself if I had time to volunteer at the school and if the school was open to a lot of parental involvement. If the answers are yes, there could be the possibility of you helping to improve the school, to the benefit of all.
can you guys send your kids to a public school outside of your boundary?
I didn't know you could not that in some states...
No, in the county we live in our state, you are sent to the public school under which you fall according to address. Luckily, for us, we happen to have one of the top ranked elementary schools, 2 parochial, 1 lutheran & 2 private within a 2 1/2 mile radius
We also have to live at least 1 1/2 miles from the school to be bussed.
Unfortunately, the district had to stop picking up children in front of their home start of this school year due to rising costs. Now, all the kids gather at a specific house on the street to be picked up & dropped off.
I did not, nor did my son ever attend a public school with bus service so I have never seen the attraction of that, so I would go with the better school out of the boundary area since the lack of bus service doesn't mean anything to me.
For my daughter I chose out of the district as well. I had to take her on a 30 minute train ride to school before heading to my job on the other side of town. I spent plenty of dollars on afterschool care. I paid for the YMCA and afterschool program in her school. The school charged $8 per hour and the Y was about $675 quarterly. However, the outstanding program was worth it. I had to travel to the other side of town to pick her up. I did this for seven years before my daughter was allowed to go to school. Although, it's not for everyone--the education she received was well worth it. She had private and boarding schools vying for her.
If you choose outside of district, your child could make friends in the neighborhood by joining clubs, church involvement or playgroups.
I do agree with poster crazyme4878, sometimes the neighborhood schools need community involvement to make it better. Believe me I was criticize for opting out of the community by parents who thought I should've contributed instead of pulling my child into another district. Mine was a personal choice and one must go with their gut.
In our state, that is not an option. We can't even send our children to another elementary in our own district without paying tuition. So I homeschool.
In our state, that is not an option. We can't even send our children to another elementary in our own district without paying tuition. So I homeschool.
I wonder why it's so different between state to states, what's the reason? I double checked on the tuition payment for a cross boundary school, there isn't one either.
how do you do homeschool? does the education dept. allow parents to do homeschool without attending a formal school? I can't even get my child to listen to me and sit down nicely, how did you do it? thanks.
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