Post by mnnorthstars on Feb 21, 2023 16:40:39 GMT
Hi foruminians,
My wife and I are trying to figure out where to send our kids next year for school, I’ll tell you a bit about our situation and maybe you can help. We have it down to two choices.
1. A Montessori school is half an hour from our house, it’s an outstanding educational opportunity and everything about it is top notch. Experienced teachers, awesome curriculum, literally a 3 acre park for a playground, it’s even on a college campus so they have unique opportunities associated with that. They have 30 students with a lead teacher and an assistant, which is the Montessori model. On the downside, it’s also 45-55 minutes from where we both work (I drop off, she picks up) and it’s as much as our daycare which is by far our biggest bill every month, even more than our mortgage.
2. The public school is part of a great community and delivers excellent education and a positive message to its students. The “city” (it’s a town, come on!) is centered around the schools and it even has an academic foundation that spends $500-$1,000 annually per classroom so they can buy whatever they need to make things outstanding rather than just good for their students. Being a small school, the class sizes are in the 15-20 range. We’d be excited about sending our kids there because they can be a part of this community and have friends who live a few minutes away instead of spread across the metro area. On the downside, it’s not a Montessori school.
My wife and I are trying to figure out where to send our kids next year for school, I’ll tell you a bit about our situation and maybe you can help. We have it down to two choices.
1. A Montessori school is half an hour from our house, it’s an outstanding educational opportunity and everything about it is top notch. Experienced teachers, awesome curriculum, literally a 3 acre park for a playground, it’s even on a college campus so they have unique opportunities associated with that. They have 30 students with a lead teacher and an assistant, which is the Montessori model. On the downside, it’s also 45-55 minutes from where we both work (I drop off, she picks up) and it’s as much as our daycare which is by far our biggest bill every month, even more than our mortgage.
2. The public school is part of a great community and delivers excellent education and a positive message to its students. The “city” (it’s a town, come on!) is centered around the schools and it even has an academic foundation that spends $500-$1,000 annually per classroom so they can buy whatever they need to make things outstanding rather than just good for their students. Being a small school, the class sizes are in the 15-20 range. We’d be excited about sending our kids there because they can be a part of this community and have friends who live a few minutes away instead of spread across the metro area. On the downside, it’s not a Montessori school.
