Covid-19 Boosted Private School Enrollment

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I'm guessing that many parents 1) realized how much better the education their kids got at a private school was, and 2) don't want to pull their kids in and out of different schools all the time. If I switched my kid to private school for a year, I'd just finish them off there (even if it was Kindergarten). I just don't want to jerk them in and out of schools if I don't have to.

As for homeschooling - I'm a former homeschooling parent, and it takes time & effort to do it well. Not everyone can do that - especially if you have to go back to work in an office and won't be home like many people were last year. Other people just don't want to. But many have realized that it's actually LESS work than dealing with public schools. I was one that realized that having your kid in school was a LOT of work! I was WAY busier once my kids went to high school than when we were homeschooling. I have loads of friends who pulled their kids out of public school for different reasons, and then had a good homeschooling experience and never looked back. So some people are going to conclude that they can just homeschool their kids, and continue on.