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<p>Not in my area (large metropolitan area) they aren’t. I know far more people who are pulling their kids out of private schools and putting them into publics, because they can’t afford the cost. Moving to better school districts means paying more for housing, and being able to sell one’s home–again, not happening. </p>
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<p>This is penny-wise and pound foolish. You are neglecting the long-term cost to us of having a larger uneducated population, not to mention having random kids roaming the streets during the school day. I agree that if a kid is disrupting the class so that the rest of the kids can’t learn, it’s better to remove him/her from the classroom. That doesn’t mean that they should drop out. Bad for them, bad for their families, bad for society. </p>
<p>You didn’t read that article I linked to, did you?</p>