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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 2334686, member: 127"] Not the ones I personally know of. They all have to be certified and either have a Masters or be working on one just like public schools. The biggest problem for private schools is retention of teachers since so many are poached by public schools because of their ability to pay more and provide better benefits. This is a fact. The next biggest issue of course is the cost which limits the number of students. Many private school pupils are kids from public school kids who switched because frustrated parents hope that smaller classes, a different environment, more individual attention , more discipline, higher expectations will hopefully help their child. It works for many but not all just like large public schools work for many but not all. Most private schools can't afford to cherry pick students but they will expel kids if they are found to be involved into criminal activity that public schools don't or can't. Privates will give them a chance but will expel if they mess up that chance. Private schools will fail students and many of those kids will leave heading back to their public school hoping for higher grades and not to be kept behind which is understandable. I know of a number of kids who left because of failing their 5 week reports thus ineligible for athletics at the private school but eligible at their public school. Some of these names would be recognizable. Many parents don't like paying for students who they figure could fail for free or be helped by an easier non traditional college prep curriculum at a public school too. Compare facilities particularly athletics between private and public and you'll see that it's not something that is anywhere near a priority on their spending lists. It's not as nefarious and complicated as you believe, just a choice that deserves respect as much as a public school. I'm speaking about Syracuse and the local CNY area. We're seeing some of the same public university vs private university issues on a larger scale here in Syracuse too and sadly it mainly revolves around athletic entitlement and money. The bigger schools using taxpayer's money and government backing take heat when smaller schools do better with less and they don't like it despite the relatively overall small percentage who can compete. [/QUOTE]

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