One of the biggest concerns for most families looking to buy luxury properties Scottsdale is the quality of education that will be available to the children. Fortunately, Scottsdale has some of the best private schools in the state – if not the entire country. In fact, there are several great choices when it comes to private schools Scottsdale – below is an overview of three of the most popular:
1. Phoenix Country Day School – One of the most desired private schools Scottsdale, Phoenix Country Day School offers small class sizes, a highly educated faculty (around 60 percent have advanced degrees), individual advisors for students in grades 5-12 and a comprehensive foreign language program.
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It’s a case of good news and bad with private school fees at the moment. Recent research by Halifax Financial Services has found that school fees in the UK have increased by 41 per cent since 2003. According to the Independent Schools Council (ISC) the average increase in member school fees was 6.2 per cent in 2007/8. In some schools, however, the increase was as much as 10 per cent, with some heads pointing to rising staff costs as the reason for the steep increase.
The credit crunch has made some headteachers apply the brakes and limit their increases so that they hover around the rate of inflation. Others are storming ahead, though, with St Paul’s School for Girls leading the pack with an increase of a 14 per cent for 2008/2009.
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As a result of the competitive nature of the college admission process, parents are constantly looking for anything that will give them and their children an edge over other applicants. With many schools cutting back on the number of students they admit, and with the requirements for admission becoming more and more rigorous each year, many parents are looking to do everything they can to help their children get into the college or university of their choice. For homeschooling parents, the competitive edge is often gained through their child’s enrollment in a distance learning private school.
Most parents find that traditional public or private schools cannot effectively prepare their children for the rigors and requirements associated with attending a top college or university. Often, these schools are overcrowded, under funded, and staffed by unqualified teachers, ensuring that only a few of the self-sufficient students who attend them will actually receive the education they deserve or have paid for. For most parents, this is simply not an acceptable situation.
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