I like diversity. Interestingly, the HG/PG kids in our public school stick together on the playground and outside of school. They are comrades. They're from diverse backgrounds economically, but there should be more hispanics considering our population (clearly id process needs improvement). I think this has been a good early exposure for my kids. However, once in high school, I agree with CFK that I'd prefer higher level academics and the deep philosophical discussions, debate teams, extracurricular activities that are not all about athletics that seem to come with expensive private schools. I can say it easily when there's not a high caliber private school around here that's not a boarding/military school--but if I had to really cough up the money, I might change my mind.
