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Research your public school thoroughly. Visit it. Get to know the administration and the staff. If you like it, put your kids there. If it's like Ithaca High School, run far away. Look it up on Google. Know however that if you put them in public school, you will have to be very involved in their life outside of school, to counteract wacky teachers who graft politics in their lessons. It happens a lot...

I guess I believe that good parenting is the most effective tool against the disease plaguing public education.

Thank you for your thoughts. I'm worried as is my wife. I guess I think I can handle wacky teachers and administrators (they "encourage" involved parents, wait until my kids enroll, and we'll see if they like it!). I'm really worried about their exposure to the crass culture of our world as expressed by other students (who cannot be expelled for the most part). I don't want to see 14 years of dedicated (and undoubtedly flawed) parenting and nurturing go down the tubes in 4 years of govt. high school. And I don't want to take my kids "out" of the community they grew up in and deprive them of the extra-curricular activities their grade school buddies will be enjoying. Got some more time to make a decision. Thanks for letting me vet!