Hogwarts Prep School?

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

No: HPFGUIDX 38497

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "EtonBuffy" <buffyeton at y...> wrote:

> Are there wizarding prep schools?  If not, which I am guessing
> there aren't as nothing has been talked about before, are all 
> wizarding children, whom don't come from muggle families, educated
> at home?  Is that why Mrs. Weasley doesn't have a job, because she 
> has been home schooling the children?  

Sorry I took so long to answer, I had to look up the references. Some 
are in the Hogwarts FAQ 
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/hogwarts.html (Find 
"Pre-Hogwarts Education"). 

I believe that there are school wizarding primary schools, run by 
witches, that charge tuition, as an alternative to home-schooling. I 
also believe that JKR said in an interview that there are no 
wizarding primary schools, but I can't find any quote closer than 
the following: 
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript1.htm

Q:  How do students at Hogwarts get educated in Muggle subjects? Do 
they even need to know other things besides magic? 

JKR: They can choose to study Muggle subjects. In the third book, 
Hermione takes the class Muggles Studies, and that's where they learn 
about Muggles in school.   

(The search engine for JKR interviews is: 
http://www.geocities.com/aberforths_goat/ )