I need help finding prep schools for my daughters

[Alqbamine32]

@blossom

I think we’re all trying to be helpful. I have family overseas (and in the UK) who have spent time in the US for various reasons (post-doc, visiting professors, etc.) who assumed they’d need private school, and then were astonished to discover that the public schools in many (not all) “college towns” were fantastic. They didn’t know (or forgot) that much of our school system costs are paid locally, controlled locally, etc. So a university town which has faculty, staff, administrators living in it, are likely to be quite influential in deciding what gets paid for and why. These aren’t decisions made thousands of miles away in Washington- the tax base is local.

I agree with pretty much all that you have said. On the other hand, I think it is perfectly possible to live in a town with highly rated public schools and still have good reasons for choosing a boarding or independent day school over the fantastic public school. Of course, whether or not those private schools will be affordable or realistic is the most important consideration.