Our area enjoys the same "benefits" for private school, but also adds:
2) A requirement for parents to put in a set number of service hours for the school.
Our public schools do this.
LOL. If ours tried it, I'd mail them a copy of my property tax bill.
I'm right there with you! I feel like sending them our property tax bill just as a reminder to do their job anyways! lol
As for private vs. public .... our privates require a lot of hours put in as well or they will charge you certain amount of $ if you don't do the hours plus since all privates in the area are church schools, you get charged considerably more $ if you're not their supporting parishioner. So for us it will always be a matter of choice between public and homeschooling rather than public vs private.
