I have nothing against public school, it's just that the public schools in our area are awful. In fact, I have compared the work from the public and private school in our area, and there really is no comparison. And, I like the Christian atmosphere of her school. There's going to be problem kids no matter where you go, and there are rotten kids in private school just like public school. But at least at her school there isn't an issue if they mention religion, say the pledge, or reinforce the importance of manners and respect. To me, that is the biggest difference and one of the reasons I would never want to leave her school.

It's tough and we do make sacrifices to have her go there. We don't live in the biggest house or have new cars every year. We don't go on a lot of vacations either, but it's worth it.

Yeah, I know what you mean. For us, we made sure we planted ourselves in a district where we knew it was good - we grew up in this district. If we had lived in an area where the schools were not so good, like in the city here in our town then we'd move. I told Ryan that a long time ago, that if we didn't choose where we live now, if we would have picked the city we would have moved by the time the girls were school age. We live outside the city limits and NOW the city is talking about redistricting and this may possibly mean that our area where we live will be annexed into the city and not in the country school district we are in. Since we've been in this district a little while now, I told Ryan we will pay out of district tuition no matter what the cost is. He thinks differently as says we won't. Ahem, we'll see. ETA: Although I fear we won't be able to afford the out-of-state tuition and we may have to move from our family land (and sell it ) to an apartment or something in our district so we won't have to pay those prices. Sucks!