S/O schools - thoughts on public vs private?

[bail229]

Jun 2, 2012 6:24:29 GMT -5 americaninoz said:

thanks Bail - that does make alot of sense. I think what we'll do is just check out the local public school in the next few years and see what we think, and if we don't think it's good enough we'll consider private (or religious) schools. That's VERY interesting about the open room thing - yea I think G would NOT do well in that sort of environment, she's much too shy in a group environment. Thanks for that - will probably be asking you more questions as the time approaches (as we still have a few years up our sleeve.....

I'm happy to help!
I don't know what we are going to do about DS yet. There is a very cute public school within walking distance to our house and a good catholic school as well. I'm hoping open classrooms will be out by then but obviously we have plenty of time to decide!
Oh, and we will have to do lunch or something when you get back from the states!

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H and I are both products of public schools and are none the worse for it. The only reason I would lean towards a private or international school is that I want my children to be fluent in English as well as French and I feel like the French public schools don't go in depth enough into reading and writing in English until too late. I'm just afraid that if I am the only English-speaking resource, my child will be really shafted in the language department when he/she gets older.

Not to mention that one year at some of the private schools in Paris(for a 3 year old!) costs more than my 4 year public university education. I cannot figure out what a 3 yr old could possibly learn that is worth the cost of a college education. I would prefer to save that money for uni

[elenetxu]

Jun 2, 2012 9:03:56 GMT -5 clickerish said:

Thank you to those who informed me that bilingual education in the US might not be as impossible as we originally thought. Hopefully we can end up in an area that has this!

There's a number of schools linked directly to the Spanish Ministry of Ed. Let me know if you're interested and I can find the information.