In these challenging economic times, many parents find it a struggle to continue to send their children to a private Montessori school.  Some parents are asking themselves if the expense is worthwhile.  There are a myriad of reasons to send your child to Montessori, but to answer the question of ‘Is the expense worthwhile,” parents must only look at the sad state of our public school system:  We live in a state where the public schools’ main concern is what a school’s grade is.  They are interested in the overall school grade, rather than what your child can do individually.