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For instance in my local public gradeschool, there is a child who literally roams the halls all day long, whenever he feels like it he gets up and wanders around, the teachers don’t stop him and he is violent and frankly mentally unstable. The other children in the class avoid him, and the teacher and administration cannot get rid of him.. he disrupts the class, hinders the other childrens learning, etc etc etc...

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Private schools do not have Unionized work forces, pay, promote and fire based on performance, not seniority, and have absolutely no issue telling a family who doesn’t discipline their child to take them elsewhere and stop wasting the time of every other student.

Exactly how will the private school excel in educating this child where the public school has failed? I do not know the child nor the situation, but it sounds to me as if the child may have some disabilities. And if the child is as incorrigible as you say, what private school would take the child?

Okay, so take the child in this thread, or the child you mentioned. What do you do with the child once the private school kicks them out? Since it is private, they can pick and choose their students, even if the parents can afford the school, the private school does not have to accept the child. Period. They can pick and choose. Fair? Not really, it is business.

Every child does deserve an education, but no school can force a child to learn.

Exactly, the public school system is the BASELINE is the net that makes sure everyone at least gets an education, it is NOT and should NEVER BE the first choice... That’s my point.

Its the choice of last resort, and should be so.

And as to a child with special needs not being able to get educated other than public school, not remotely true. There are private schools that specialize in educating such children, and do a far better job that the “mainstream” public school approaches.