re: How to get my child in Private School?

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If you have good public schools in your area

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You must have missed the part where he said he lives in Baton Rouge. There are zero good public schools in Baton Rouge.

call the schools, ask what procedure is. Send your kid to private school in BR, trust me. It is worth every penny to keep your kid away from the animals in public schools.

Already you are doing something that 96% of the parents of the kids in public schools don't do, which is show some concern for your daughter's education.

Seriously, my gf is a public school teacher and will never teach there again. She is just over halfway done with her first year. Public school kids will create a terrible learning environment for your daughter.

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There are zero good public schools in Baton Rouge.

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I'm sure you didn't mean to overlook BRMHS.

You are probably in the St. Aloysius area for Catholic schools. It is an excellent school. Both of my kids went there. Admission Criteria:

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Trinity Episcopal is probably your closest Episcopal school:

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I know the Episcopal system used to accept applications very early. Not sure if they still do.

Never too early to start looking, so figure out which schools you're interested in and check their websites or call them to get info on the application process.

Things to keep in mind:
--Some schools (like most of the Catholic schools) look favorably on how involved you are before your child is enrolled. This might mean being a good parishioner or donating to the school's foundation, but it doesn't always guarantee you a spot either.
--Some have preschool or pre-k programs, but they don't always directly feed into the main school (meaning you might still have to re-apply for Kindergarten.)
--Open houses for prospective students are often in the fall, and application periods for the following school year can happen as early as September.
--if your daughter has a fall birthday before the "cut-off" date (usually September 30), some schools encourage an extra year of pre-k before entering Kindergarten.

If she's in a Mother's Day Out program, day care, preschool, play group or any kind of group lessons like dance, talk to as many other parents as you can...a lot of them will have older children and can give you tons of insider info into a specific school's application/admissions process.

Which school? Some are quite ghetto in and of themselves.

I'd recommend LSU preschool to start, not the one on the side of Ceba, the hidden one up the street from the dairy store.

From there... parkview or the school on campus is a good move.

There are some decent schools across the river from you. Schools that focus on test scores are the WORST for preparing kids for college.

One of the top pre-k schools in the nation is hidden away on lsu campus. Taught by DRs in perfectly designed and assembled classes. My wife observes there from time to time and its ridiculous.

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My wife and I went to the school we decided on and filled out necessary paperwork. We had to pay an application fee $35 and a enrollment fee $325. Then we just pay $350 monthly tuition. They did give our child a test before accepting her, but that was part of the application

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Which school was this?

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I'm not a smart man.

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Lol. Am I the only one who got this Forrest Gump quote?

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Lol. Am I the only one who got this Forrest Gump quote?

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I'm sure those of us who got that Forrest's mom was fricking the principal picked up the Forrest Gump quote dropped by the one of us who didn't.

not just in Baton rouge, having money and whiteness will go a long way into getting into a private school.

the schools are there to make money, not make your snotty nosed kids college bound worthy.