 Re: public or private school? | |
Regarding public vs private, a lot depends on where you live. In my community, both are excellent. My daughter was in private school until that particular school closed down. It's the same school my Mother attended (and when she passed last year at age 78, she was still regularly seeing friends of hers from eighth grade!) I moved her to public school at that point for a variety of reasons.
I should add that my mother was never ever elitist. That has more to do with personality and general upbringing; there are elitists in both public and private schools. Challenge him to find any studies that say he is right, that it's more than his opinion.
The most important part, though, is that your kids are doing well where they are at. You offered to pay for it, so keep doing it. He may have a disagreement, but I can't foresee that he can legally get it changed when you are paying for it and they are doing well. When kids are doing well where they are at, I can't foresee any reason a judge would make you change what they are doing.
You said your ex is trying to take them out of their school. Is he just withholding payment and saying he doesn't want them in, or is he hiring an attorney? If he is taking legal action, you'll of course need to go to your attorney. I don't think he has a legal leg to stand on, though, when you are willing to pay for everything and your kids have been doing well.
One other question: did he pay for it in the past? If he did, any judge would wonder why he wants to change things now when it was fine before. He may say he never agreed, but look at the agreement. He agreed to pay if he "agreed" with private school, so if in fact he was paying for it before, it indicates agreement. And if he had philosophical disagreements with it, he should've spoken up when they were first enrolled.
I think this will become a nonissue. He's just doing the typical "ex" thing when he says he wants you to pull them even if you pay.
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