[btb87]

My daughter was in a private school for about 4 years, from pre-k through 2nd grade. Her school was started by a woman that had a vision for our children in our area. Her main focus was on reading, and while I admit that my child did learn to read very well (also with help from mom and dad - we started her abc's and counting early), she now has a problem with comprehension. She is a smart young lady, but no thanks to mom and dad, we've not been on her enough about beginning good study habits, so there are some things that we're starting to change with her.

Anyway, I found some good and bad in this school. I do like how they focused on reading, but I believe because of this, they didn't focus as much on her math skills, so when she went to a charter school, her math skills were lacking. Me, being a person that loves math, I couldn't understand why she wasn't getting certain basic math principles. I was very concerned about that when she took the FCAT (we're in Florida) but she did fine. Also, there were some "bad" kids in her school, so they brought their bad attitudes with them. Would I place her in private school again? Yes. Overall, my experience as a parent was pretty good.