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<p>This is the key. If one has access to a good public school, there are many benefits to it. If not, academically, homeschooling can provide far more. There will always be trade offs as no one solution is best for everything/everyone.</p>
<p>I do not regret pulling my guys from our local public school system after 9th, 7th, and 5th grades respectively. The youngest went back to the school for 9th grade and his standardized test scores are already dropping (he’s in 10th grade now). It’s frustrating, but he prefers the better socializing to the better academics. He’s still quite near the top academically at his school, but when the bar is low…</p>
<p>This year we have him doing Keystone for English (instead of our ps) to try to slow down the dropping English score. Plus, Keystone will offer AP for his next two years. Our school does not.</p>
<p>In hindsight, when we moved to our “hometown” 15 years ago I’d have studied school districts far more carefully.</p>