re: Private / boarding school question

quote:

---

Highland park is pretty much an elite Dallas private school tbh. The cheapest housing is now 1.5 million.

---

i know...so what.

quote:

---

Prosper high is 58% white, wonder what it’ll be in 10 years

---

nevermind...i didnt know that. I thought it was like 90/10 or 85/15 at worst

then to answer in the DFW area it would be highland park, southlake, flower mound, etc and I would be looking for one that offers elite academics and elite sports programs, especially baseball

My dad was military so I went to 2 middle schools, 3 elementary schools, and 3 High Schools.

I went to a great public HS, a terrible public HS, and a very good private Catholic HS.

Frick boarding your kid these days if you are a decent parent.

What people underestimate about education is the peers. If you have a very good classroom of kids, education is a lot easier and the kids push each other to excel. Obviously the very good schools are also known more by colleges and arguably makes getting into places easier. The top 5% of a very good school maybe better than the Valedictorian of a crappy school. Just depends.

The big problem, in Texas, for example is their college admissions bullshite with the 5% rule. I graduated with a class of 485 and we definitely had more than 25 kids that would qualify.

quote:

---

are you agreeing or disagreeing with the post you replied to? lol

---

well neither

he said boarding school....i assumed he was talking a true boarding school so i was thinking like Phillips Academy, St Andrews, Groton, Hotchkiss etc


I was saying I would never send my kids to those schools unless i lived right next to them

i was saying if i lived in one of the metros in texas like he mentioned, I would rather move into the school districts I mentioned instead of spending money on a true boarding school.

quote:

---

I know a few founders league alums and they don’t all hate their parents or whatever

---

My dad, his brothers, sister and uncles from marriage all went to boarding schools up East. My brother and four cousins did as well. I went to a summer program at Lawrenceville. Wish I would have applied. Loved every second of it. Know like 5 or 6 guys from New Orleans my age that did as well.

quote:

---

Elite boarding school as young as possible so that they absolutely hate you by the time you drop them in gen pop of a local public school.

---

My wife and I both went to good boarding schools and love our parents.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

Nothing sets you up better.

ive noticed over the years that this board is very anti boarding school. kind of interesting since people here love to signal their their wealth, or at least proximity to it

The purpose of going to an "elite" primary or secondary school (as in East Coast boarding/prep school) is not necessarily the education itself. It's the network and access they open up.

If you started in that world, then transitioned to a more "normal" school later, you would effectively lose the benefit of it.

Where did you go before Deerfield? Private school in NOLA?

That is what I had in mind. Or smaller ones. There are even some in Texas that aren’t elite but they are still boarding schools… and I would assume they are at least pretty good schools.

Wasn’t talking about those sports academies in Florida, or disciplinary issues or anything like that.

Did boarding school for high School. Also don’t hate my parents. Oldest did high school at local private school. Saw her about as much as I would have if she went to boarding school and came home on the weekends.