Great private high school options besides the “big names”
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Anonymous
| So what else it’s out there beside the Bullis, Landon, Sidwell etc. Is there a nice decent high school under 30K that is non-religious? Looking in DC and MOCO. |
Anonymous
| No. |
Anonymous
| Nope |
Anonymous
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You basically just asked "is there a place that so severely underpays it's staff that it can be cheap, but somehow also attracts high quality staff." Do you realize that?
Without a religious organization subsidizing these schools, they have to charge a lot to attract good teachers, have great facilities, and all the rest. |
Anonymous
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In our search last year we did not encounter any non religious high schools that were under $30K a year. Plenty of options that are not the big top tier pressure cookers or super athletic focus but the lowest tuition was still around $40k.
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Anonymous
| There are plenty of strong schools aside from the big names, but not for under $30k if you don’t want religious. |
Anonymous
| Nope. At that price point, you need to accept a crappy school, a religious school or a crappy religious school. |
Anonymous
| No. Because it's not 2002 |
Anonymous
| I would just say not to assume that because a school is religious that it indoctrinates in a negative way or would overrwrite your family belief system. I have known many kids who went to Catholic or Jesuit school that came out with a great set of values but who weren't influenced to attend Mass, for example. |
Anonymous
| Bullis is a "big name?" |
Anonymous
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Just walk into any of them and shout "I'm not paying a lot for this muffler!"
Most will then discount to around $20K. |
Anonymous
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There are lots of great schools but the non-religious ones are all much more expensive than that.
Luckily, there are also lots of good public schools... that are free! |
Anonymous
Yeah, OP’s question was off the rails to begin with. |
Anonymous
They’re not free though. The system mostly depends on where you can afford to live. |
Anonymous
| Cheaper to move to a public district you like. |