One of the things that I have noticed during my school search are the parents sitting next to me in open houses.  It occurs to me that one of the factors that has emerged as important to me indirectly are the parents of the children at the school I choose.  This point cuts across many themes that I have written about on this blog over the last 8 months, most directly parental involvement in the schools.  It also relates to my posts on the relative attractiveness of city versus suburban schools or public versus private, the cost benefit of private/charter schools that draw from multiple regions, and a schools’ racial/economic/cultural diversity.  Specific to this post, though, I am referring to the social/economic/political/religious/cultural values of the parents at the schools I am considering. 

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