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Originally Posted by ddavidson8
As a teacher in a public school and a former student of a private school I'll say that if I am fortunate enough to ever have kids they will go to private school (if I can afford it).
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Charter schools are a happy medium. They don't have nearly the red tape as their public counterparts, have advanced academic programs (depending on the school) and best of all, are free.
There are charter schools here in OKC (well, one) I'd send my kids to over someplace like Casady. If I took the money I would have handed Casady for my kid's education, I could put together a decent college savings plan or a trust fund for the kid.
OKC is great in that we have tons of school choices. Parents here, even those on the lower part of the socioeconomic food chain who live in less than excellent areas (e.g., Capitol Hill, Douglas, Northeast, etc.) can send their kids to schools which boast excellent programs and instructors.