As I said in my earlier post, it has happened more than once in our town and in surrounding communities. Sadly, it seems to be happening in so many places, so SoWal is not an outlier. As for school scores, as long as there's pressure on the schools and support for them to do well, ideally they'll be consistently at an A or B. And then parents and communities need to support the kids in ways other than academic success as well. So, from where I sit, I wouldn't hesitate to move my kids to SoWal, except that we're already happy where we are as a place to raise our kids (my biggest concern would be making sure they wear sunscreen).
Our kids' schools do very well in some areas, not so well in others, and have people from all different groups. They have some good teachers and not-so-good teachers. We could have chosen a private school but we chose instead to send our kids to a public school because we truly value the life lessons and support for public school education. So far, so good. If our kids were having problems in public school, though, we wouldn't hesitate to move them. As for sexual abuse in schools, I don't know if there's more in private or public schools - I would guess that it wouldn't be much different.
Our kids' schools do very well in some areas, not so well in others, and have people from all different groups. They have some good teachers and not-so-good teachers. We could have chosen a private school but we chose instead to send our kids to a public school because we truly value the life lessons and support for public school education. So far, so good. If our kids were having problems in public school, though, we wouldn't hesitate to move them. As for sexual abuse in schools, I don't know if there's more in private or public schools - I would guess that it wouldn't be much different.
