<p>The performing arts high school in our area is a public school and not near the reputation or training of Interlochen, Walnut Hill, LaGuardia, Orange County, or NCSA. Many of the kids who go to our school for theatre think they are the bomb diggity but in my opinion, most of them aren’t and I also don’t believe our teachers have the connections like the schools I’ve named. Yes, they do get more classes in fine arts but my daughter also had to take 2 academic classes online in addition to her full schedule to fit all of her classes in. That was very hard on her! I’ve just told both of my kids to work as hard as they can and always work as if they are competing against the best. That will bring them success in college.</p>