Carmel valley schools v. “Private schools”

[sdduuuude]

One thing many people don’t realize is that in elementary grades, public schools have a 20-1 student-teacher ratio (I forget exactly grades follow this requirement). Private schools don’t have to match this and rarely do. I’d say that is one major advantage for the nicer public schools.

Also, parents who have kids with issues who can’t get their way at a public school will go private. I wouldn’t say that is a major contributor, but something to think about.

I can’t imagine a nicer environment for students than these Carmel Valley schools. That isn’t to say you won’t get a bad teacher or have bad experiences with other students.

With 1 child, living in a less expensive neighborhood and going with a private school may be viable, but with 2, you are looking at 40K/year and investing in the Carmel Vally house starts to look more economically sound.

[pepsi]

[quote=sdduuuude]One thing many people don’t realize is that in elementary grades, public schools have a 20-1 student-teacher ratio (I forget exactly grades follow this requirement). Private schools don’t have to match this and rarely do. I’d say that is one major advantage for the nicer public schools.

Also, parents who have kids with issues who can’t get their way at a public school will go private. I wouldn’t say that is a major contributor, but something to think about.

I can’t imagine a nicer environment for students than these Carmel Valley schools. That isn’t to say you won’t get a bad teacher or have bad experiences with other students.

With 1 child, living in a less expensive neighborhood and going with a private school may be viable, but with 2, you are looking at 40K/year and investing in the Carmel Vally house starts to look more economically sound.[/quote]

Even if I can/or want to afford the private school, I think it might be a little harder for my kids to be the top 5% in a private school than in MMHS.

[pepsi]

[quote=sdduuuude]One thing many people don’t realize is that in elementary grades, public schools have a 20-1 student-teacher ratio (I forget exactly grades follow this requirement). Private schools don’t have to match this and rarely do. I’d say that is one major advantage for the nicer public schools.

Also, parents who have kids with issues who can’t get their way at a public school will go private. I wouldn’t say that is a major contributor, but something to think about.

I can’t imagine a nicer environment for students than these Carmel Valley schools. That isn’t to say you won’t get a bad teacher or have bad experiences with other students.

With 1 child, living in a less expensive neighborhood and going with a private school may be viable, but with 2, you are looking at 40K/year and investing in the Carmel Vally house starts to look more economically sound.[/quote]

Even if I can/or want to afford the private school, I think it might be a little harder for my kids to be the top 5% in a private school than in MMHS.

[pepsi]

[quote=sdduuuude]One thing many people don’t realize is that in elementary grades, public schools have a 20-1 student-teacher ratio (I forget exactly grades follow this requirement). Private schools don’t have to match this and rarely do. I’d say that is one major advantage for the nicer public schools.

Also, parents who have kids with issues who can’t get their way at a public school will go private. I wouldn’t say that is a major contributor, but something to think about.

I can’t imagine a nicer environment for students than these Carmel Valley schools. That isn’t to say you won’t get a bad teacher or have bad experiences with other students.

With 1 child, living in a less expensive neighborhood and going with a private school may be viable, but with 2, you are looking at 40K/year and investing in the Carmel Vally house starts to look more economically sound.[/quote]

Even if I can/or want to afford the private school, I think it might be a little harder for my kids to be the top 5% in a private school than in MMHS.

[pepsi]

[quote=sdduuuude]One thing many people don’t realize is that in elementary grades, public schools have a 20-1 student-teacher ratio (I forget exactly grades follow this requirement). Private schools don’t have to match this and rarely do. I’d say that is one major advantage for the nicer public schools.

Also, parents who have kids with issues who can’t get their way at a public school will go private. I wouldn’t say that is a major contributor, but something to think about.

I can’t imagine a nicer environment for students than these Carmel Valley schools. That isn’t to say you won’t get a bad teacher or have bad experiences with other students.

With 1 child, living in a less expensive neighborhood and going with a private school may be viable, but with 2, you are looking at 40K/year and investing in the Carmel Vally house starts to look more economically sound.[/quote]

Even if I can/or want to afford the private school, I think it might be a little harder for my kids to be the top 5% in a private school than in MMHS.

[pepsi]

[quote=sdduuuude]One thing many people don’t realize is that in elementary grades, public schools have a 20-1 student-teacher ratio (I forget exactly grades follow this requirement). Private schools don’t have to match this and rarely do. I’d say that is one major advantage for the nicer public schools.

Also, parents who have kids with issues who can’t get their way at a public school will go private. I wouldn’t say that is a major contributor, but something to think about.

I can’t imagine a nicer environment for students than these Carmel Valley schools. That isn’t to say you won’t get a bad teacher or have bad experiences with other students.

With 1 child, living in a less expensive neighborhood and going with a private school may be viable, but with 2, you are looking at 40K/year and investing in the Carmel Vally house starts to look more economically sound.[/quote]

Even if I can/or want to afford the private school, I think it might be a little harder for my kids to be the top 5% in a private school than in MMHS.

[Eugene]

[quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.

[Eugene]

[quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.

[Eugene]

[quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.

[Eugene]

[quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.

[Eugene]

[quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith][quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.[/quote]

Does it really matter to get that extra 70 points ? If you put in an application that say you are top 5% from the school v.s. just being average (from TPHS), and SAT 1680 vs 1750, do you have better chance to get into an elite university ?

If the chace is about the same, then maybe my kid will have a better childhood living in MM.

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith][quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.[/quote]

Does it really matter to get that extra 70 points ? If you put in an application that say you are top 5% from the school v.s. just being average (from TPHS), and SAT 1680 vs 1750, do you have better chance to get into an elite university ?

If the chace is about the same, then maybe my kid will have a better childhood living in MM.

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith][quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.[/quote]

Does it really matter to get that extra 70 points ? If you put in an application that say you are top 5% from the school v.s. just being average (from TPHS), and SAT 1680 vs 1750, do you have better chance to get into an elite university ?

If the chace is about the same, then maybe my kid will have a better childhood living in MM.

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith][quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
[/quote]

You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.[/quote]

Does it really matter to get that extra 70 points ? If you put in an application that say you are top 5% from the school v.s. just being average (from TPHS), and SAT 1680 vs 1750, do you have better chance to get into an elite university ?

If the chace is about the same, then maybe my kid will have a better childhood living in MM.

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