We are moving from London and are worried about if we should do public school or private?

You probably know that the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina is known as "Research Triangle Park." It is an area filled with excellent universities and brilliant people who value education. Here is information on the public school systems in the area:

www.researchtriangle.org/pages.php?page1=52&page2=79&page3=87&page_id=87

Here is the website for the Ravenscroft School, which appears to be an elite private school in the area: www.ravenscroft.org/

You may wish to ask your employer or your spouse's employer for information and suggestions on area schools, public and private.

Welcome to the States!

www.wcpss.net/

Check out the above web site for information about the public school system in NC. From my own research the public school system seems good and yet my daughter has been in Private school here in Hawaii since Preschool. It will be a shock either way changing schools. Your boys have probably received a more " world" view of education compared to the Mainland US. Good luck with your move!

what I would do is look up the schools in the area your considering. Check out their ratings (for me dint do much good) I would call each school and ask them questions that you feel would be helpful/important to your kids education. This will narrow it down. Then I would ask to tour the schools of your choice. It will give you a feel for if the school will be right for your kids. I have heard good things about NC. You can also do this for the private schools then you can see where the best fit is.

As far as people always saying the south schools stink>> I had the same experience when we moved from NY to the south> I thought my kids were goning to be the smartest advanced kids in the school. But unfortunatly they were not. They were teaching the same stuff.

Hello,
My Son/family live in N Carollina, if that's the state you are referring to,not in Raliegh , but in the Smoky Mt area..NC has very strong school regulations. I feel his 8 year old daughter is way above where my children and my other Grandchildren were for elementary criteria. Both my children were in Catholic schools, elementery/HS and seem to have been way ahead of the PS system in most subjects at that time.So maybe this is a sign of the times and they have caught up....Timothy finished in a public school and was very bored..he had already had the subjects in 12gr long before .So he really learned nothing that yr. His daughter is exceptional in reading, but seems to have tons of homework! She may be doing well, but she doesn't care much for school because of the homework.. I feel the Catholic school systems did an excellent job at preparing my children , but we lived in Michigan. I am not much help, but the Gov. has intitiated some strict criteria for schools/ teachers / etc so whichever you choose I'm sure the children will do fine. Thank you Sharon