There are no good schools - at least not public ones anyway
It doesn’t matter if you know the teachers, they do not set the curriculum.
There are no good schools your children are being abused if you let them attend a public school
Sure there are! Just like there are still great little communities out there, there are still great little schools as well. I understand what you are saying about the curriculum being set. But teachers are people, not robots. And good people still have the choice of how to run their schools, and how to teach their classes.