(Mrs. Telegrok here): My mother went to public school back in the days when there was no such thing as a B.Y. in America outside of major cities. She learned halacha and TaNaCh from her father and congregational rabbi, and enjoyed a strong and rigorous secular program in public school. Which, by the way in those days, included mandatory Home Economics classes for the female students, which included courses in household budgeting, rudimentary sewing (for mending garments, including stockings), cooking, and baking – there was a complete kitchen in the school, and they took field trips to supermarkets to learn how to select produce.
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