Private school kids typically don't want to sound like private school kids.
Take your pick: public school, private school, home school, charter schools, technical schools, college preps, ROTC academies, magnet programs, all-male, all-female, even online-only schools.
Middle-class families whose children do not get into a magnet school are still likely to prefer the suburbs or a private school over their local public school.
McCain told the crowd that if he becomes president, he will make sure parents are allowed to pick their children's schools -- whether a better public school, a private school or a charter school.
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Jill attended the Ethical Culture School, a private school on Central Park West and a favored destination for secular Jews.
The federal jury ruled in March in favor of Cara Munn in her lawsuit against The Hotchkiss School, a private school in Lakeville.
The federal jury in Bridgeport ruled in favor of Cara Munn, 20, in her lawsuit against The Hotchkiss School, a private school in Lakeville.
Saint Andrews School is a private school in Savannah, Georgia.
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At the Rebecca School, a Manhattan private school for students with autism and other special needs, attendance has been down by 10% to 25% since the strike began.
She went to high school at Fieldston, a private school in the Bronx.
Earlier this month two grammar schools in Dorset announced that from 2010 they would admit state-school applicants in preference to private-school ones, even if the latter had better 11-plus results.
They would like to be able to choose a private school, a parochial school, a charter school, home-schooling for their children.
"By not changing the date we gave our schools the flexibility to deal with all the families on a case by case basis, " said Ms. Hayot, who estimated that 15 to 20% of private-school high-school applicants will be affected.
But she noted it may be even more challenging for public school students considering a switch to private school, as counselors may not have the connections or relationships to secure an extension.
The organization declined to make any changes then, saying individual schools could offer extensions to affected families, said Patricia Hayot, a designated spokeswoman for the group and head of school at Chapin, a Manhattan private school.
Joseph Kelley, who lives in Washington, had been invited to explain the benefits of school choice, or vouchers, which had allowed him to take his four children out of a crime-ravaged public school and send them to the private Preparatory School of D.
John Kerry went to a boarding school in Switzerland, to a top private school in New Hampshire and then to Yale, where he studied political science and joined the secret and elite Skull and Bones club, just as George W Bush did two years later.
While public schools are often touted as less expensive than private schools, many private school students do not pay the full advertised cost.
"You show me another district where at least two thirds, if not possibly more than that, of the total student population is private school as opposed to public school, " Schwartz said in an interview.
One of the most poignant moments for him took place at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a private school where he'd taught for 19 years.
Freston is contesting a federal law that says that a child has to attend a public school first before a parent can sue for private school tuition reimbursement.
For the two out of the last three years, one of those students drawn to the joy of competing under your school name while hanging out with your friends is Missy Franklin, a five-time medalist in the 2012 London Olympics who, between celebrity appearances and a continuing Olympic-level swim schedule, goes to school and swims for Regis Jesuit, a private high school in the Denver area.
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Alice Anne Freund , a Washington consultant and former private school admissions director, recommends that parents with access to a great public school consider it first, and look at private schools only if it doesn't meet their family's needs.
While at GE, Morgan helped found a private Protestant school, the Christian Heritage School, in Trumbull, Conn.
That made the accounts popular among the private school set as well as public school families with sights on college.
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But parents at Waverley said it would have in effect turned the private school into a state-funded school with fees having to be scrapped and an increase in class sizes.
I've since moved them to a school in a neighbouring borough and though again a state school, it's like being at the best private school ever.
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This year, eighth-graders won't find out whether they won a coveted spot in a top public high school until two days after the March 13 deadline for private-school tuition deposits, which can cost thousands of dollars.
The math is similar whether one chooses an expensive private school, or a more affordable public school.
And if the public schools aren't doing enough, the parents might send a child to a private school and send the bill to the school district.
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