I passionately love our school. I also post on here very little compared to before we found this school, and it's mostly to spread the progressive education gospel, which comes across as basically bitching about normal schools.
Like a PP, the only downsides are cost and not enough school. The only tolerable vacation for my kids is Christmas, and as soon as the presents are unwrapped they're itching to go back to school.
In order to have a school that caters to your child, you generally need to be relatively high in the school system, whether on the school board or be school superintendent, etc.
Alternately, you need to socially ingratiate yourself to these people.
I know several people who were very involved in the system (either socially ingratiating, on the school board or teachers or admin) and had to jump ship because the system is just too stagnant and hidebound to cater to HG+ kids.
