After putting four through the Great Neck South (LI) system, one the most highly rated public systems in America (number 4 in US News & World Report). I am going to put the last into a conservative private school. I will have to continue paying the taxes to support the public system but I won't subject the little guy to their version of things.
I plan to go with private school for our children when the time comes but I wasn't sure whether private schools must follow such guidelines as well.