Depends on the public school. You might get lucky if your child gets into a magnet school like TJHSST.
But, more generally, yes, public K-12 schools are terrible.
65 posted on 07/18/2007 11:39:08 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
(Sic Semper Tyrannis * U.Va. Engineering '09 * Friends Don't Let Friends Vote Democrat * Fred in 2008)