"Performance Artist Writes 'Mother on Fire'" - NPR

This is interesting for someone like me without kids at Scroggs. It ought to be interesting to those who do as well.

It prompts me to wonder about the number of kids who live in Southern Village, or within a mile or two of Scroggs who go to a non-public school instead.

Just what is it that prompts their parents to leave the public school system and enroll their kids in a private instituion?

Is it a matter of religion?

Ego?

Dissatisfaction with Scroggs?

Every kid is exceptional in the eyes of her or his parents. That's not sufficient reason for me to comprehend why public schools are good enough for most, but not good enough for some who can afford to send their kids elsewhere.