If your child is going to be starting elementary school, middle school, or high school next year, then you need to be thinking about school selection right NOW. Luckily, Louisville Magazine's annual school guide has hit the street.
That guide is, simply, the EASIEST way to get started familiarizing yourself with the options for your child.
No other publication in town puts so much valuable information into such an easy-to-read format – AND with such perfect timing. This is the season when schools are beginning to host open houses, information sessions and tours. That's the reason you need to get started now, when you still have good opportunities to visit schools.
The guide even features information on private schools, including Catholic schools. It is basically the only place where you can find statistical information comparing, say, John Paul II Academy to The Academy for Individual Excellence.
Now, it doesn't have a lot of information on private schools. (No test scores except at the High School level, for example.) But if you're interested in that route, it does have the basic info you need to narrow your search. (What grades are served by each school, the tuition, and whether or not they give out much financial aid.)
Make no mistake: There is a lot the magazine does not tell you. It doesn't tell you that school X with the decent test scores is such a dark, depressing building that it kind of makes you ill when you envision your kindergarten student going there. It doesn't tell you that school Y is a little bit further away, but has the cool science program that just might turn your child into a rocket scientist. It doesn't tell you that the wonderful school down the street has only one lousy teacher, but THAT is the teacher your child will get. There's a lot variables. And it certainly can't tell you the most critical info: DO I HAVE ANY CHANCE OF GETTING IN?
Sadly, you're going to have to do some work to find the right school for your child, but this magazine is a fine start.
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If your child is going to be starting elementary school, middle school, or high school next year, then you need to be thinking about school selection right NOW. Luckily, Louisville Magazine's annual school guide has hit the street.
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