Private schools enjoy more latitude in many respects, but they are 1.) inclined toward high tuition rates, 2.) come across as open only to the wealthy, and 3.) do not meet the enemy on its own turf. Besides, the whole idea of public schools is to create a well-informed citizenry, which is precisely what the classical school curriculum does without becoming sectarian in nature.
Private schools enjoy more latitude in many respects, but they are 1.) inclined toward high tuition rates, 2.) come across as open only to the wealthy, and 3.) do not meet the enemy on its own turf. Besides, the whole idea of public schools is to create a well-informed citizenry, which is precisely what the classical school curriculum does without becoming sectarian in nature.
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All this is true in theory but in practice there is too high a regulatory price tag. You wont get what you think you will get, and the illusion of independence is not independence. The blob will not let it survive. Go private and let the parents be involved in it