Advantages of public school

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What are some of the advantages of public school over private school? For one, the obvious advantage is that the public school is located in your neighborhood. This means that your children will meet other children in the neighborhood, that's where their friends will com from, that's where your community will come from, and that does lend something to your quality of life. If you're not getting in the car to drive your child to school or if you are, you're driving for five minutes and not for 45 minutes. The other advantage would be if your child needs any kind of additional services, a public school is mandated to provide them. So whether that is for gifted children who need different levels of instruction, or for children who are struggling in any way at all, the school is bound by law to provide additional services to your child. So there are a couple of advantages to public school.

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Sandy Eiges, M.S.W., is the founder of L.A. School Scout™ LLC, the top city-wide admissions consulting company for preschool through college. She is not only knowledgeable about private and parochial schools, K-12, including boarding schools, but she is also an expert in explaining and navigating the myriad public school options as well. She has been interviewed for Spectrum News, Beyond the Brochure, the Los Angeles Times, the Hollywood Reporter, and is the school admissions expert on the website Kids in the House. Sandy is a professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA). For the past 15 years Sandy’s company, L.A. School Scout™ LLC, has helped parents with the planning and admissions process for preschool, elementary school, middle, high school and college for their children

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