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Please don't be offended- What should your HHI be around to consider sending DC to private school?
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Anonymous
In this fight I'm going to have to say that the "commuter" started it. |
Anonymous
| Sorry. OP should have stated she's only looking for private schools in NW DC, and only looking for responses from people who live and use private schools in NW DC. Believe it or not, there are private schools outside DC too. |
Anonymous
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Our HHI is about $140,000 and our child care expenses are about $24,000 so I think if we were to send our child to private school it would actually cost less. And we live in NW DC, however in a condo and the mortgage is $1500. So it is doable, but we're saving almost nothing.
And people from DC, please stop being such snobs!!! Your s*it stinks just as bad. |
Anonymous
I think OP was pretty clear. |
Anonymous
You might be surprised. Even if you have one child and go to a less expensive school, you may still have afterschool and camp expenses. If I thought I could get by for less than $24,000 for private school, I probably would not be considering Arlington. |
Anonymous
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OP, we are -barely- able to swing a $29,000 for one child on $175,000 HHI. I believe our mortgage/tax/homeowner's ins. is about $4200.
We have really ratcheted down our lifestyle to make it work and it seems worth it for now. DC is in elementary at a NW DC private. |
Anonymous
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Unless you are zoned for absolutely horrid public schools or you are doing it for religious reasons (a religious school), etc.. no amount of $ would have me consider private.
We live in a area which has some of the best public schools in the country. Some of the public schools around here seriously rival what you would pay $30k+ a year for. With HHI ~450k--we are sending both kids to public school. DH and I attended public grammar/HS and both went onto elite universities. I don't care for the 'elitism' of many of the area's private schools. It is not the type of environment I want my children spending their formative years. It gives them a skewed perspective on the rest of the world. We are in a school district that has a range of economic levels--much diversity as well. |
Anonymous
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Not all of us want to live in the buburbs, 17:28.
And ... why is it OK for you to shoot for an "elite" university, which you're obviously proud of, but it's not OK for me to send my kid to what passes for an elite private school? |
Anonymous
the latter requires academic credentials for admission. the former does not. |
Anonymous
flip that around  . the private grammar school requires zero academic credentials; the elite university requires stellar test scores and grades.
The university has much economic and other diversity. By the time a child reaches University- they are no longer children and hopefully their character has been mostly formed. There is nothing wrong with it if you have religious preference or you do not feel your local schools are good, etc. I am opposed to the parents that do it for their own 'self-esteem'. |
Anonymous
Well, I'm glad for you that you live in Arlington, Fairfax, or Montgomery counties. Many of us don't. |
Anonymous
if my schools sucked-- I would not have voted for Gray! Morons! |
Anonymous
I meant that as a collective "we", e.g., this Metropolitan area, not a 'me'. There are several good DC publics as well. |
Anonymous
OP asked what the monetary requirements are for private schools in DC. She didn't ask for, and dare I venture to guess, doesn't care what your reasons are for not sending your children to private school and your elite universities and your income for that matter, since you don't send your kids to private school. |
Anonymous
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You are joking if you think that your public elementary in certain suburban school districts are diverse.
Also, elite universities have some diversity, but not as much as you'd think. |