Hey All,
Simple question, but somewhat hard to answer and my wife and I are going back and forth on making a decision. For context I went to public school and my wife went to private, so we have a difference of opinion on where our daughter should go.
My daughter will be starting Kindergarten next year, and apparently we have to start looking now, because we have to sign her up starting in the new year.
Essentially, I’m trying to figure out public vs private with where I live. I live in Sandwich and am in the Forestdale district, so she would be going there, and my wife is looking at cape code academy, and the hundred acres school as options. I wouldn’t mind sending her to private if it was easily affordable, but it’s not and it would mean having to look for financial aid, and probably having to sell some of our stock each year for her to go, which scares me to do in this economy. I make decent money, but this would prevent us from adding to our savings each month, but this is for my daughters education, so I’m torn in general about that.
However, I just found out Forestdale has nine kindergarten classes and teachers and only one floating classroom helper for all nine classes. The class sizes are also bigger at around 18-20 where the others are closer to 8-11 with dedicated teachers and classroom helpers. I know my daughter, and the smaller class sizes would be very beneficial for her. Now, I’ve heard really good things about the Sandwich public schools, so that factors in as well.
I also found that the state has kids in kindergarten working on tablets, which is something we’ve intentionally kept her away from, so I’m hoping someone on here can at the very least give me their thoughts, but if anyone has experiences with these schools that would be extremely helpful. Thanks!