[brightghost]

The public school you attend is not generally viewed as a free market decision as only certain members of society have the economic freedom to 'select' a different one, and public schools have legal obligations to protect the privacy of their students.

I imagine most people here are not working in K-12 education and so are not familiar with these issues, but it should be understood that many public school districts are making use of Google Apps for education in a capacity which is either explicitly or implicitly compulsory for students, including creation of private accounts on minor students' behalf.

If Google is not being entirely forthcoming on precisely what personally-identifiable information they are retaining about minor students they are potentially in a great legal mess here.

[genericuser]

The public school your children attend is very much a decision as people commonly choose the location they live based on that. As evidence of this perceived quality of school district can be a major factor in property values.

As a minor many of your choices are of course left to your guardians, if as a minor you have a problem with their decision making then that's really an entirely different manner.

You are compromising saying 'its not worth finding a new place to live, possibly a new job, to avoid having my children use google' That is very much an analysis on your part.