Do you send your kids to a private school even though you live in a very good school district (ie for the Bay Area: Palo Alto, saratoga, Los Gatos, cupertino etc). If so, care to share your reasoning? I just recently toured a private school and extremely impressed on their curriculums, the small teacher to kid ratio, their facilities, enrichment classes, and the facts that the kids and the teachers seem to really love being there. The teachers are passionate and seem to genuinely care. I live in a good school district (Los Gatos) and planned to send my kid to a public school. Now, I have a 2nd thought and since financially we can afford it, even if it’s just marginally better, it is worth to spend extra $$ for my kid’s education.
Culture
You mean bilingual immersion private school?
Not quite - I meant that there are more opportunities to experience a higher quality of culture (from teachers, other students, parents, etc.), which affects a person's values, beliefs, and lifestyles for many years in their upbringing.
Nah, your kids dumb af for living in CA
Just be careful, some private schools like Stratford are too academically focused, it does take a toll on kids. Got for a school that has some values (mostly Christian) so the kid grows up with some fear of a higher being ...
I toured Stratford and thought it was too academic. The one that I look at is Hillbrook. Seems very balanced curriculum and don’t pressure the kids too hard like some others.
We didn't see any reason to send kids of pvt school as CUSD schools were fine. The diversity sucks in CUSD with almost 90% Asian. South San Jose especially Cambrian Park has good schools and good diversity as well
We are Asians. We have the opposite, in LG, I think it’s like 90-10 (white - asian/others). Mine might be the only Asian in his class.
We are Asians too and it is crazy in Cupertino. Las Gatos is so beautiful.
They’re just too rich. Lol. Seriously it depends on kids, also Harker may be a good alternative for Los Gatos high
Harker requires IQ test (my kid is getting ready for kindergarten:)). What threw me off is that they will retest the kids every 3 years. Can’t imagine the pressure for these 5-12 year olds to keep up in order to keep their spots.
Kindergartener is much easier to get into Harker, then you can go all the way to their high school. If you don’t want too competitive for your kid, Los Gatos is a good choice.
I am zoned for a renowned school district, but my kids go to private schools. The value-based curriculum is what really set me over the edge
Thanks for sharing this.
Asian parents are ery involved in their kids education, resulting in very ambitious kids. Id go where there are more Asian kids. This is not because this applies to All Asians or that Asians are otherwise perfect , but talking of cohort characteristics, Asians are way better in academics and low drug use.
harker high school is literally the best in the country. to get in it’s way easier to start at kinder. if not for that, yeah LG high
How much does private school cost? Can you afford it?
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The most important key is you don’t have your kids around gangbangers and poor people. You don’t want them to be influenced by losers. I’d send them to private school to avoid these poor people. However, private schools aren’t immune to this. They are doing heroin and painkillers so teach your kids to avoid it
Bad influences everywhere. Public school high school kids will drink beer and liquor and smoke weed. Private high school kids will do cocaine and extacy
I think it’s a wide consensus that parental involvement is #1 key to the child’s success. What I have seen is that most private school sort of require parents to be very involved (volunteering etc) while public school leaves it up to parents (hence cupertino and Palo Alto public schools are doing well because these parents are so involved and invest in many after school programs). My spouse and I are fairly clueless and our work is busy. We thought if private has very well balanced curriculum that we don’t have to look for after school and also forces us to be involved, it might be a good thing. I might be off based though.,.this is my first kid so I have no experience, just hearing and seeing what my friends go through with their kids.