Please could we have a heated debate on the best girls' school in the land? Or does mn education board only really deal with boys' education?

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I've just read the latest eton-wincoll fight thread. It puzzles me why so many of the threads here are about boys' education. So much care seems to be taken to ensure our sons' have the perfect balance of academia and sports, music and drama, but I haven't seen the same debate about what's best for our daughters. I've never seen the sort of evangelism about girls' schools you see about eton and wincoll.

What's happening?

Zombie thread!

@Want2bSupermum

Olive I am with you on your last post here but I am with Word in that if my DC were having to self teach I would be putting them in a private school at a moments notice.

As it is, in Hudson county my kids can elect to go to a school in a different district than they are zoned for. There are some excellent schools in neighbouring towns which my DC can apply for and there is no cost to us for them to go there. There is no need to go private in the way that was necessary in the North West in the 90s and I don't think my kids will be academic enough for a school like Marymount, but if they are then it is something I would consider. I will still consider schools in the UK and Denmark when my kids are older depending on where we are living at that time. Its funny that when I looked at the boarding schools here in the US I was left very underwhelmed. I can see why so many parents in Asia send their kids to British boarding schools.

There is also the small issue of college costs here in the US. DH's boss has just spent $750k putting his 3 DC through college. One wants to go back and do medicine which will cost him an additional $250k. He is also buying a house for his daughter who decided to go into teaching. Loves her job but on $35k a year there is no way in a million years she will ever survive on that salary. He is looking at buying her a multifamily home in a good area so she can have additional income from that. Cost is $750-$1 million. When DH told me I laughed that it made medical school for the 1st child look cheap!

I miss your posts Want2bsupermum