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Private School or a Sibling?
My only child (a daughter) is currently enrolled in the Pre-K program at a local private school. The public school here is not bad, but it is much more crowded. My daughter really loves the private school. I like the staff and the small classes. If she remains an only child, my husband and I can afford to send her to the private school through high school. On the other hand, my husband would like to have another baby, but that means that my daughter will not be able to go to the private school. We simply could not afford private school and all the expense that go with having another child. In a way, I would like for my daughter to have a sibling because she has no cousins that live nearby. I was an only child, but I have a cousin who has lived near me my whole life and is like a sister. I know that my husband and I won't be around forever and I'd like to leave her with a close family member when she's an adult and we are gone. I'm reluctant to remove her from a school at which she is thriving and from her friends. Here's my question: which would be more important to you, having a second child or a first rate private school education for the child you have?
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- LJLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I think having the second child is more important in this situation - you WANT a second child!
I might not say that if I felt the public schools near you were absolutely terrible. But you said yourself that they aren't.
My kids both attend public schools. My oldest is now in 11th grade and has attended public schools her whole life. My youngest is in 6th grade. She has also only attended public schools.
Both girls have gone to large, over crowded schools (except for the middle school my older daughter attended, which was NOT over crowded.) Even though they were large schools, with many children, my children have always gotten a lot of attention and their needs were always met. Indeed, going to a large school has its advantage - there are more activities, more clubs, and more academic options at a large school. For example, my younger daughter goes to a large middle school where she has the option of taking French or Spanish and can take 9th grade level math and science in 8th grade (she's in an honor's program.) My oldest went to a much smaller middle school where she could also take 9th grade math in 8th grade, but not science and Spanish is the only language offered. (She's also in the honor's program.) And, at my daughter's high school (another very large school) she has the choice of Spanish, French, Italian, or Japanese and numerous AP classes, Honors classes, and arts electives that are not provided by most of the other schools in our city.
Also, public school is better at providing special help to kids who need it. Although my oldest is doing well now, she struggled in early elementary school. Her public school, big though it was, provided her a lot of extra help in reading, and that helped her become the kind of student she is today! She couldn't have done it without that extra help. I know that most private schools are not as responsive to any kinds of special educational need! I've got a ton of stories to back that claim up, btw!
I think, if you look into the local public school, you'll find that there ARE things about it that you like about it. And why should you sacrifice having another child if it's not essential that your child attend private school? In the end, you'll regret not having a second child!
