I missed this thread so I feel I'm coming in a little late and probably shouldn't post since we are in the preschool phase. But, I see our future already and I don't think we will even attempt public school. We tried a social preschool and it was definitely not a good fit, which led us to scramble and place DD in a Spanish Immersion program which is academic since they are two years ahead of the public schools. My DD is in the 3 yr old class but is already doing kindergarten work. We knew when we went this direction that the prospects of putting her in the public school program would not be advisable since she would already be taught 2nd grade work by then. The nice thing is the school will go through 5th grade and as long as DD is thriving we will plan to keep her there and then look to move her to another academic program. The funny/sad thing is we moved to our neighborhood for the public school and its reputation so we pay the price for this area. We will probably reevaluate this in the future and consider moving to a less pricey neighborhood since our extra money will be going to the private sector.
