Are private schools really that special or just overpriced?

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Anonymous wrote:You can’t seem to accept that whether a private school is “good value for money” is completely irrelevant for lots of families.

Of course, who shops around ? We should hire any service regardless of the quality.

[Anonymous]

There you go again, arguing as if there are only two extreme options and absolutely nothing in between.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There you go again, arguing as if there are only two extreme options and absolutely nothing in between.

That’s what poster say. That only private schools are a good value. Not always. And not the case most of the time.

[Anonymous]

University of Virginia, a top tier public university, is just as good as Harvard or Princeton. Paying ridiculous tuition to go to those private universities is a dumb waste of money. I’d rather my child go to UVA over Harvard if they get accepted into both.

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Anonymous wrote:That’s what poster say. That only private schools are a good value.

LOL, you drew that conclusion about all private school parents from one or two anonymous DCUM posts?

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Anonymous wrote:That’s what poster say. That only private schools are a good value.

LOL, you drew that conclusion about all private school parents from one or two anonymous DCUM posts?

Well, closer to 10 anonymous parents. But in general I find it a bit funny that people find offensive these type of comments. I was mocking a bit how some parents see the dichotomy between private and public schools. Wait a bit more and you will see how they become defensive. Totally entertaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, closer to 10 anonymous parents.

Without seeing IP addresses, you have no idea. Also, I'm an actual private school parent and none of the hundreds of parents at our current or former school have ever said that only private provides value. In fact, lots of them have kids in both public and private, or have switched back and forth between public and private.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s what poster say. That only private schools are a good value.

LOL, you drew that conclusion about all private school parents from one or two anonymous DCUM posts?

Well, closer to 10 anonymous parents. But in general I find it a bit funny that people find offensive these type of comments. I was mocking a bit how some parents see the dichotomy between private and public schools. Wait a bit more and you will see how they become defensive. Totally entertaining.

So in other words, you’re here to troll. At least you know it.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, closer to 10 anonymous parents.

Without seeing IP addresses, you have no idea. Also, I'm an actual private school parent and none of the hundreds of parents at our current or former school have ever said that only private provides value. In fact, lots of them have kids in both public and private, or have switched back and forth between public and private.

Well, the same applies to your claim. You cannot say is one or two parents. So not sure why do you believe your claim is more accurate than mine. Very puzzling.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s what poster say. That only private schools are a good value.

LOL, you drew that conclusion about all private school parents from one or two anonymous DCUM posts?

Well, closer to 10 anonymous parents. But in general I find it a bit funny that people find offensive these type of comments. I was mocking a bit how some parents see the dichotomy between private and public schools. Wait a bit more and you will see how they become defensive. Totally entertaining.

So in other words, you’re here to troll. At least you know it.

Not really. Just posting my ideas and enjoying reading the reactions. But of course, people are free to not respond to my comments.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s what poster say. That only private schools are a good value.

LOL, you drew that conclusion about all private school parents from one or two anonymous DCUM posts?

Well, closer to 10 anonymous parents. But in general I find it a bit funny that people find offensive these type of comments. I was mocking a bit how some parents see the dichotomy between private and public schools. Wait a bit more and you will see how they become defensive. Totally entertaining.

So in other words, you’re here to troll. At least you know it.

Not really. Just posting my ideas and enjoying reading the reactions. But of course, people are free to not respond to my comments.

OK, so posting on a message board not with sincere purpose but just to get reactions is the definition of trolling. And a strong indicator of mental illness.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, closer to 10 anonymous parents.

Without seeing IP addresses, you have no idea. Also, I'm an actual private school parent and none of the hundreds of parents at our current or former school have ever said that only private provides value. In fact, lots of them have kids in both public and private, or have switched back and forth between public and private.

Well, the same applies to your claim. You cannot say is one or two parents. So not sure why do you believe your claim is more accurate than mine. Very puzzling.

Because I know hundreds of private school parents in real life. You don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha no. My MCPS school produced more NMSF designees than nearly every DMV area private school, despite accepting every kid, at every income level with any level of English language ability and kids with significant disabilities.

And I didn’t spend 55k a year on it.

Which MCPS school is this?

Also what do the presence of kids with significant disabilities have to do with this?

Maybe you can ponder that question and let us know given that most private schools refuse to admit kids with significant disabilities (absent a few that were established to serve kids with special needs).

Public school is no picnic, either, for my students and families with disabilities. With all of the rhetoric about autism, I’m concerned that services for special needs students will continue to decline

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like every parent in DC is convinced private school is the only path to a good education

Your post went downhill at this sentence.

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As if the public schools are all empty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha no. My MCPS school produced more NMSF designees than nearly every DMV area private school, despite accepting every kid, at every income level with any level of English language ability and kids with significant disabilities.

And I didn’t spend 55k a year on it.

So, if your kid wasn't one of the NMSF, then what? The school was terrible?

Because in literally every school the majority of students are NOT NMSF because the designation is only ~1% of state test takers and only ~.5% in DC. And doing well on the PSAT has nothing at all to do with the education at any school nad even less to to with the acutal academic experience pof any given student at that school.

My kids attend both public and private schools, so I have no preference, but your metric is silly.