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Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:42 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
For the record, if Episcopal were free , I'd prefer BRMHS and I'd bet the overwhelming majority of BRMHS parents would agree . They attract different kind of kids and different kind of parents . Completely different ethics. Both produce impressive results and great opportunities . To each his own. If mediocre HS football or cheerleading is your Holy Grail , by all means go to Episcopal.
The $180,000 I will save to get my kids a HS education is the obvious point. Which also limits your student demographic to a very specific and small slice of society. Which is in itself, a gigantic lesson that you are giving your children .
Furthermore, on merit alone, if you checked back on them in 20 years - the BRMHS kids would hold their own with anyone. They are hungrier and more aspirational kids in general. As kids who have had to work for everything usually are.
The $180,000 I will save to get my kids a HS education is the obvious point. Which also limits your student demographic to a very specific and small slice of society. Which is in itself, a gigantic lesson that you are giving your children .
Furthermore, on merit alone, if you checked back on them in 20 years - the BRMHS kids would hold their own with anyone. They are hungrier and more aspirational kids in general. As kids who have had to work for everything usually are.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:44 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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to give them a better peer group
Wow...showing your true colors.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:44 pm to touchdownjeebus
I have about another year before my son starts school. I've already mentally prepared myself to get ready to fork out cash for catholic school.
But looking at the numbers, the money i'm paying for daycare by the year is far more than catholic school tuition.
But before we go catholic school route, were gonna try the EBR magnet programs first. My parents and grandparents keep putting bugs in my ear about the magnet schools first b/c of all the options and schools that are open now vs. when I was coming up.
So if he gets into the magnet programs, then cool. But if not, were financial members of our church parish and he will go that route.
ETA: I'm super curious to see the numbers on how Lee High is performing to BR High. Every time I drive pass that school, i'm in awe.
But looking at the numbers, the money i'm paying for daycare by the year is far more than catholic school tuition.
But before we go catholic school route, were gonna try the EBR magnet programs first. My parents and grandparents keep putting bugs in my ear about the magnet schools first b/c of all the options and schools that are open now vs. when I was coming up.
So if he gets into the magnet programs, then cool. But if not, were financial members of our church parish and he will go that route.
ETA: I'm super curious to see the numbers on how Lee High is performing to BR High. Every time I drive pass that school, i'm in awe.
This post was edited on 9/4/17 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:46 pm to The Levee
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Lafayette is Lafayette High
Lafayette High is great if you can get your kid into the gifted program. I graduated from there.
Southside High School in Youngsville though, right outside of Laffy, is brand spanking new and is almost certainly the nicest public high school in Louisiana as far as facilities go. Had an insane amount of teachers applying to get in there and parents trying to get there kids in so it should be pretty good academically and will have a lot of parental support/booster involvement I'd imagine.
This post was edited on 9/4/17 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:47 pm to Modern
There are plenty of schools at 10k and under for the year including Jesuit. I think Jesuit is $7700. But some of you public school folk are missing something big. Sometimes people just want their kids in Christian environments and the 10k is worth their kids being around places where morals aren't ambiguous.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:48 pm to Lsupimp
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Which also limits your student demographic to a very specific and small slice of society. Which is in itself, a gigantic lesson that you are giving your childre
This x1000. We could have sent our kids to private schools but for those reasons we chose not to. Neither our kids nor us have any regrets.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:50 pm to Lsupimp
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Which also limits your student demographic to a very specific and small slice of society. Which is in itself, a gigantic lesson that you are giving your children .
Because Episcopal and CHS/SJA graduates struggle so much working with people after high school.
This has always been such a nonsense talking point given the reality of the life track of graduates at these schools.
This post was edited on 9/4/17 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:52 pm to islandtiger
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This x1000. We could have sent our kids to private schools but for those reasons we chose not to. Neither our kids nor us have any regrets.
I think very few private schools are white paradises like you make it sound. The majority (and I mean 95%+) of kids in private schools come from working class families. You wouldn't want your kids around that? I'm not even sure what the "small slice of society" even means. I had a bunch of black and asian friends in high school. Hell, we had muslims at our school and it was Catholic.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:53 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Don't think all the kids in private schools are angels.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:54 pm to Modern
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Don't think all the kids in private schools are angels.
That's true. No school is going to be completely free of discipline problems.
This post was edited on 9/4/17 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:55 pm to Gnarkill
BR: public
Baton Rouge Magnet
Lee High STEM
UHigh
Only 3 options for a good public education here
If you got the cash:
St. James (elem)
St. George (elem)
Episcopal
Catholic/St. Joes
Runnels
St. Michaels
These are pretty much the only schools I would entertain in BR
Outside BR:
Central
Zachary
Bethany
Baton Rouge Magnet
Lee High STEM
UHigh
Only 3 options for a good public education here
If you got the cash:
St. James (elem)
St. George (elem)
Episcopal
Catholic/St. Joes
Runnels
St. Michaels
These are pretty much the only schools I would entertain in BR
Outside BR:
Central
Zachary
Bethany
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:57 pm to Gnarkill
Definitely Ferriday
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:57 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
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UHigh
Uhigh really isn't a public school
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St. James (elem)
St. George (elem)
Almost all of the Catholic Elementary schools are pretty good.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 12:59 pm to Gnarkill
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What's the best/some of the best public school/s in the state?
Is this a trick question?
Posted on 9/4/17 at 1:09 pm to islandtiger
quote:realistic colors?
Wow...showing your true colors.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 1:09 pm to Modern
The key is to work hard to get your kids in to the magnet program early. That takes work . Talk to people, get names, go to the EBR school office . Make it a point of emphasis . Meet the deadlines , turn in the paperwork have the conversations. It tends to be very focused parents that get their kids into the magnet program. It's a lot easier to just cut a check and send them to a private school and some of them are pretty bad.
As for the haters-I went to an Episcopal boarding school full of Uber-wealthy kids. I get it. I grew up in Woodland Ridge . I fratted hard. I'm a business owner. I talked to an Episcopal parent this morning ( physician) in fact. It's a great school and probably has the most accomplished and professional parents in Baton Rouge . But with that, comes an attitude and assumptions that a lot of us think are detrimental to our children long term. So it depends on more than just your income - it also has to do with you family ethic . And I'm not talking white/ black or Democrat/ Conservative. I'm talking about how you view education and opportunity and the community you want to be a part of . We represent different ethics as much as different income brackets. Both are worthy, just different.
As for the haters-I went to an Episcopal boarding school full of Uber-wealthy kids. I get it. I grew up in Woodland Ridge . I fratted hard. I'm a business owner. I talked to an Episcopal parent this morning ( physician) in fact. It's a great school and probably has the most accomplished and professional parents in Baton Rouge . But with that, comes an attitude and assumptions that a lot of us think are detrimental to our children long term. So it depends on more than just your income - it also has to do with you family ethic . And I'm not talking white/ black or Democrat/ Conservative. I'm talking about how you view education and opportunity and the community you want to be a part of . We represent different ethics as much as different income brackets. Both are worthy, just different.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 1:13 pm to Lsupimp
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For the record, if Episcopal were free , I'd prefer BRMHS and I'd bet the overwhelming majority of BRMHS parents would agree . They attract different kind of kids and different kind of parents . Completely different ethics. Both produce impressive results and great opportunities . To each his own. If mediocre HS football or cheerleading is your Holy Grail , by all means go to Episcopal. The $180,000 I will save to get my kids a HS education is the obvious point. Which also limits your student demographic to a very specific and small slice of society. Which is in itself, a gigantic lesson that you are giving your children . Furthermore, on merit alone, if you checked back on them in 20 years - the BRMHS kids would hold their own with anyone. They are hungrier and more aspirational kids in general. As kids who have had to work for everything usually are.
It's funny how two people can look at the exact same thing and perceive it in opposite ways. That's what makes the world go around though
Posted on 9/4/17 at 1:18 pm to Lsupimp
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I'd prefer BRMHS and I'd bet the overwhelming majority of BRMHS parents would agree .
Oh look, the BRHS parents think that BRHS is better.
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If mediocre HS football or cheerleading is your Holy Grail
It isn't. But if it is my kids then at least they have the opportunity to do what they love. Which they can't at BRHS.
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Which also limits your student demographic to a very specific and small slice of society.
This statement is somewhat true, but by no means does that mean the private school kids are intolerant or less capable in society outside of highschool. Yes they are majority white, but their are kids of all races in private school.
It was said earlier in this thread. BRHS is academically comparable with Episcopal, Catholic, and St. Joe's. However it lacks in many of the other areas that makes highschool what it is.
Posted on 9/4/17 at 1:27 pm to Shaun176
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Baton Rouge High and Ben Franklin (N.O.).
Really your only choices given your criteria. BUt there are academic criteria for admissions to both. McMain is also very good in NOLA. Or it used to be recently.
If you move to Livingston or Ascension, your you have more choices for public schools. Dutchtown High is the best HS choice in Ascension. High A rated school. Not sure about Livingston Parish
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