re: Mandeville, Madisonville, Covington, Public or Private School

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Don't generalize against those schools, you come off as shallow. Your comment about window stickers was petty and makes you seem jealous whether you are or not.

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You sound really angry about paying thousands of dollars a semester for the same education someone can receive for free.

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can say that a specific school's education is better or worse than another school when the schools are as close in quality to each other

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Never said one school is better than the other educational wise, matter of fact, I said they were the SAME. But I mean if you wanna keep going back and forth about it and saying how "sensitive" and "shallow" I am because i said one option is better since it saves you some money. Go for it.

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I said they were the SAME.

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If you contend that the schools are the "SAME", you are wrong. They are not. No two schools can be the same.

They cannot be the same to individual students. Some individual kids will do better at a Mandeville High versus a SPS and other individual kids will do better in the reverse scenario.

Whether you acknowledge this fact or not, I don't care.

It's not about the money but you sure want to make it about the money.

There are a lot of loaded kids at mhs & fhs and middle class kids at SPS. It's definitely not (or at least shouldn't be) about money or class.

Do a little internet research for your school district. You'll find a list that ranks every school in the state. I did this before moving to Slidell and chose my district wisely. In my district, even the people in the most expensive neighborhoods ($500k - $1 mil houses) send their kids to public schools.

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If you contend that the schools are the "SAME", you are wrong. They are not. No two schools can be the same.

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What?

Sent my 2 to OLL for elementary. Waste of money. Sent daughter to MHS. She is a sophomore and loves the school. Very challenging and she is thriving as a student.

My son goes to Hannan. I am not wild about paying, but I would say that Hannan is a great fit for him. He is better off in a smaller classroom environment.

Different kids have different needs. That said, in my experience if your kid is well adjusted, go with the public schools that feed MHS or FHS. They offer way way way more that SPS, SSA, Northlake, Hannan, etc. can offer your kids in the way of class variety, AP classes and honors programs.

I would break it down for HS like this.
1. MHS
2. FHS

FYI - Covington High has a daycare for HS students with kids. That should tell you all you need to know. Stay away from Pitcher and Covington High.

If you want to be a cheap frick then go public but any answer other than private is incorrect. The Northshore schools have to deal with common core and common people. No matter what anyone says that is the truth.

If you are south of I-12 and not dead-set on Catholic school, the Madisonville/Mandeville schools are fantastic. All of mine have gone through the Madisonville schools, and the oldest is now at Mandeville High.