Why Choose a Private School?
You may be wondering how the benefits of sending your children to a private school may outweigh the initial costs of the education. A private, or independent, school is independent in two critical ways: • Independent in governance – Schools are organized as not-for-profit corporations governed by a board of directors. • Independent in finance – Schools charge tuition and raise money to operate as opposed to being supported primarily by public monies. It is the independence of private schools that offers the four essential freedoms that make them strong: • The freedom to define their own mission (why they exist, whom they serve). • The freedom to regulate admissions (admitting only those students appropriate to the mission). • The freedom to define teacher credentials. • The freedom to teach what the teacher decides is important (free from state curricular and textbook mandates). Research shows that families new to independent schools choose our schools primarily because they perceive t
