Since most of you peeps are West Coasters I am curious. Do you put your kids (elementary age) in public or private schools? I am in TN and our public schools are ranked at the bottom of US and worse than that the county I live in is ranked at the bottom of the list in TN. That means our public schools are the worst in the Nation!!!! I spend $20,000+ per year on my 2 kids for freakin elementary education. Not to mention our property taxes are 2 times the national average!!! Our public schools are so bad that over 30% of the kids in our county are in private schools. What is it like out there? Are we unique?