![]() It’s really important for kids to see that there are some kids who wear the same shirt to school every day and there is someone who has never worn the same thing. ![]() And when asked why they’ve left, they say, ‘Well, our public middle schools and high schools aren’t as good as our local elementary.’ Of course! I know it’s more complicated than this, but each student that leaves a public-school system is also a family that’s leaving - and the schools suffer.”ĬAA agent Nancy Jones prefers public school for her two kids because public education reflects “the world we live in.” She says, “We live in a city with staggering wealthy and with staggering poverty. So it’s an especially big loss when they take that energy and enthusiasm, along with their child, to a private school, when their kids reach middle school or high school. That’s a phenomenon that producer and public-school proponent Jonathan Prince (Hulu’s Four Weddings and a Funeral) notes as well: “You have all these wonderful parents, generous with their time, raising money for the PTA and getting involved with a great neighborhood elementary school.
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