For the exceptional student public high school has more to offer! Catholic school is geared towards the average student.
Private schools offer a safe learning environment when the available public school is unsafe.
Private schools provide personal attention to individual students that would not be possible in overcrowded public schools.
Both private and public schools have can good to excellent students.
However, many public schools have horrible students that do not want to be there and cause problems for the kids that do want to be there to learn and contribute. The zone you live in dictates number of students that fall into this category.
Agree on the above. For good students who want to learn, public schools have programs and services not available in private school. Yes, the classes are bigger and there is not as much hand holding, but for a good student this is not a bad thing and more reflective of real life.
It is a family choice and believe it or not there are kids who have been offered significant discounts or full tuition to private school to play lacrosse and/or football and choose to remain in their public school for valid reason. Private is not the best or only choice and for some families supporting the public school systems, exposure and immersion in an environment only a large public school can offer in neighborhood school, not sitting on buses for an hour a day, convenience, access to certain unique curricula, not vying for playing time are all valid reasons. Families pay premiums for homes in these counties in terms of the base prices of the house itself and significant taxes that help fund the public schools-why double spend when it is not necessary . The judgment they receive from team mates and families who are private school attendees is a poor reflection on some of those families and further supports why some don't want their kids in that environment.
