We have a number of reasons for having chosen private school. The main two are: our public school system has chronic labour disputes with large class sizes; and, both DH and I had poor public school experiences followed by great private school ones, in this same jurisdiction. We've been at the school for a few years with DS8 and DD6, and both kids usually love it. Not sure how long that will last with DD!
And yes, I do wonder about the influence of that year's tuition, but I think it's more that they seem to equate an exceptional child needing a skip with abject failure on their part. I find that so bizarre. She is who she is and even I, as provider of half her DNA, don't consider her innate ability either my success or my failure. I am going to have to work really hard to not say something quite rude about that at our meeting.
