It does pay to check the private school carefully, though. I've heard some horror stories about private schools, too. They can tell you anything to get you in the door, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll deliver on their promises.

In fact, our DYS counselor told us they've had significantly better luck advocating in public schools because the private schools--even GT schools!--treat education solely as a business, and any deviation from the norm costs them money (or at least that's how many private schools seem to view it). I thought that was surprising.

Kriston