Need advice on choosing a high school

[aidxen]

Different schools have different emphasises. Some schools are focussed on the academic, others lean to drama and creative arts and others toward the trades and manual arts.

I would talk to him and listen to what he says. BUT his opinion is just one point.

I would also look at what the kid is like. If he is academic, send him to the more academic school but if he is not good with that stuff but more into something else, then send him to the school that best suits him. Sometimes it is hard to do this objectively. You may wish the kid to be academic but maybe he just isn't.

Also behaviour. And uniform. I am big on both of these. I would be looking for good behaviour and that the school makes the kids wear a uniform.

Thats just me though.

[DubbleT]

Originally Posted by jkcoop

The thing is - during the day it's not like they will necessarily have a ton of interaction. My son is a sophomore this year. One day he was A lunch, the next day B lunch. On the A lunch day he doesn't really know many kids. Even in his classes - it's hit or miss as to who is in those classes and who he knows. Once they are in high school the classes can all be mixed. They won't always be with freshmen or sophomores, etc.

My son has no classes with his best friend. They share a locker but barely see each other at that.

The point is, if you went to all that trouble hauling him back and forth, he still might not see those couple of friends during the day anyway! So to base the decision on the premise that he knows a couple of kids might end up being pointless anyway.

High school, at least here, is a different ball game than middle school.....my son has P.E. with seniors, freshmen and juniors in his Biology class, etc.

Ditto!
That's pretty much the experience my kids had in high school. They rarely got to see their friends during the day, and it seldom worked out that they had the same lunch periods.
Also take into consideration that if your son does make new friends it will be easier for him to do things with the new friends if they live nearer to you.

[jtur88]

Tell him he can go to whichever one he wants, but you will not assume the transportation responsibility for getting him there.