Comments on: Comment Du Jour: You Don’t “Need” To Put Your Children In Private School http://thefrontsteps.com/2009/11/20/comment-du-jour-you-dont-need-to-put-your-children-in-private-school/ Real Estate, Insight, Statistics, Gossip, & News...With a Twist and Some Flavor Mon, 21 May 2012 00:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lefty http://thefrontsteps.com/2009/11/20/comment-du-jour-you-dont-need-to-put-your-children-in-private-school/comment-page-1/#comment-12252 lefty Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:25:12 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=5896#comment-12252 hey, it worked for me. the rest of you must be idiots. hey, it worked for me. the rest of you must be idiots.

]]> By: Proton http://thefrontsteps.com/2009/11/20/comment-du-jour-you-dont-need-to-put-your-children-in-private-school/comment-page-1/#comment-12100 Proton Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:17:48 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=5896#comment-12100 We went through the lottery program for SFUSD. Despite living within 50 feet of one of the best elementary schools in the city, my kid was assigned to a school ranked in the bottom 100 of 5000 schools statewide, where an amazing 15% of the kids manage to read at grade level, 85% are below. Its gets a 1 out of 10 ranking - horrible. Would you send your kid there if you had any way to afford not to? SFUSD may be fine if you win the lottery, but not everyone does. This is not about who my kid sits next to, its about getting them a halfway decent education. We went through the lottery program for SFUSD. Despite living within 50 feet of one of the best elementary schools in the city, my kid was assigned to a school ranked in the bottom 100 of 5000 schools statewide, where an amazing 15% of the kids manage to read at grade level, 85% are below. Its gets a 1 out of 10 ranking – horrible.

Would you send your kid there if you had any way to afford not to? SFUSD may be fine if you win the lottery, but not everyone does. This is not about who my kid sits next to, its about getting them a halfway decent education.

]]> By: SJM http://thefrontsteps.com/2009/11/20/comment-du-jour-you-dont-need-to-put-your-children-in-private-school/comment-page-1/#comment-12087 SJM Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:31:33 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=5896#comment-12087 I am going through this now with finding a school for my kids and as a product of the SFUSD I feel I am entitled to say that you may be fine with elementary school here, but it gets dicey as you go to middle and high school. Did you see the test scores in the Examiner in September? It only gets worse as you move to middle school and high school with the exception of Lowell. How many are going to win the lottery and get into good ones twice? Not many! Additionally, the education isn't exactly free now is it? It is paid for by property and income taxes. Doesn't seem like a good bang for the buck based on how much input and the number of fundraisers the schools need from the community to buy the basics for classrooms. Something isn't working right and I am uninclined to wait and see if it gets better while my kid misses out (if we can't get into a school that makes sense and isn't across town). From what I am looking at, we could send our kid to Catholic school (you don't have to be Catholic to go) for about $5500 a year. That's half of what preschool costs at this point. Seems like a bargain and their test scores are good as well. To each their own but some people can know from experience that public may be good, but certainly isn't always the case. I am going through this now with finding a school for my kids and as a product of the SFUSD I feel I am entitled to say that you may be fine with elementary school here, but it gets dicey as you go to middle and high school. Did you see the test scores in the Examiner in September? It only gets worse as you move to middle school and high school with the exception of Lowell. How many are going to win the lottery and get into good ones twice? Not many! Additionally, the education isn’t exactly free now is it? It is paid for by property and income taxes. Doesn’t seem like a good bang for the buck based on how much input and the number of fundraisers the schools need from the community to buy the basics for classrooms. Something isn’t working right and I am uninclined to wait and see if it gets better while my kid misses out (if we can’t get into a school that makes sense and isn’t across town). From what I am looking at, we could send our kid to Catholic school (you don’t have to be Catholic to go) for about $5500 a year. That’s half of what preschool costs at this point. Seems like a bargain and their test scores are good as well. To each their own but some people can know from experience that public may be good, but certainly isn’t always the case.

]]> By: Dede http://thefrontsteps.com/2009/11/20/comment-du-jour-you-dont-need-to-put-your-children-in-private-school/comment-page-1/#comment-12022 Dede Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:53 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.com/?p=5896#comment-12022 I'd agree with that if it were not for the lottery that the SFUSD uses. Your kid may end up fine, but you take a much greater risk in SF due to the lottery system. I’d agree with that if it were not for the lottery that the SFUSD uses. Your kid may end up fine, but you take a much greater risk in SF due to the lottery system.

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