Hypothetical question doesn't require a decision
Someone asked me about why I would choose Bedminster over Bridgewater if we were to move. The answer is I don't know why. It seems like a private school, but without tuition.
I haven't been to one of their BOE meetings to see what issues they face and I haven't researched their test scores. One of my friends has the option to send his kids there and his kids don't attend Bedminster school. When I was working, one of my co-workers sang Bedminster's praises, but it was in a lot of ways the same sort of thing you hear at my own childrens' schools.
Ridge sounds like a much smaller high school, where there is less competition for sports teams, AP classes and other opportunties if you compare the number of kids and the amount of things offered. I also like that they offer the International Baccalaureate. I didn't know public US high schools offered that.
Like much of what I say in my blogs, my opinion is not based on a scientific comparison, but a gut feeling.
On the flip side, Bridgewater seems to have a much greater diversity of its population than Bedminster does. I don't have stats on that either.
Decision making is not my strong suit. I call for a second opinion before deciding on dinner several days a week.
It would take a small volcanic eruption for me to actually make the decision to move the children to another district. But I wonder if we made a mistake moving to our house, in our neighborhood, in our school district? Don't worry - I wonder that about many aspects of my life... and I'm not making any huge changes.
I haven't been to one of their BOE meetings to see what issues they face and I haven't researched their test scores. One of my friends has the option to send his kids there and his kids don't attend Bedminster school. When I was working, one of my co-workers sang Bedminster's praises, but it was in a lot of ways the same sort of thing you hear at my own childrens' schools.
Ridge sounds like a much smaller high school, where there is less competition for sports teams, AP classes and other opportunties if you compare the number of kids and the amount of things offered. I also like that they offer the International Baccalaureate. I didn't know public US high schools offered that.
Like much of what I say in my blogs, my opinion is not based on a scientific comparison, but a gut feeling.
On the flip side, Bridgewater seems to have a much greater diversity of its population than Bedminster does. I don't have stats on that either.
Decision making is not my strong suit. I call for a second opinion before deciding on dinner several days a week.
It would take a small volcanic eruption for me to actually make the decision to move the children to another district. But I wonder if we made a mistake moving to our house, in our neighborhood, in our school district? Don't worry - I wonder that about many aspects of my life... and I'm not making any huge changes.
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