Middle and High school for Cap Hill?

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08/28/2015 13:41

Subject: Middle and High school for Cap Hill?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a mixed bag. I know Hill folks who attend Walls, McKinley, Duke, DeMatha (in MD), Gonzaga, Latin and Basis.

NCS - $38,850
St. Anselm's -$25,000
Georgetown Visitation - $27,400
St. John's - $20,750
Sidwell - $37,750
St. Alban's - $40,480

For convenience I've appended the list above with the 2015 tuition numbers. Please keep in mind that these don't include books or other fees at some of these schools. The way people here throw around the term "go private" or suggest that it's that easy amuses me. If you have enough disposable income to send your kid to these schools for 7 years (and to pay the tuition increases that will come annually) then you are in a 30+% federal tax bracket and paying almost 9% to DC. So do the math on this. To pay for tuition that costs only 25k a year you need to find $40,000 pretax W2 dollars just laying around (and that's for the tuitions that are only 25k. Some people can find that kind of money. But to throw that around like a legitimate and accessible option is absurd. But because high income earners make a lot they can probably find that amount. But at a lower tax rate and lower income levels where the heck are you going to find that money? And at what cost? If you saved half of that ($12,500) a year into a 529 account starting in 6th grade you'd have college more than paid for. If you are already maxed out in your 529 and college is paid for then no problem. But if your kid is going to graduate with a hundred grand (or more) in student debt because you spent all your money on private schools then you have to ask yourself if staying in an area without viable schools is the responsible thing to do.

P.S. You still have to apply and get accepted to those schools, yet another barrier to entry.
P.P.S And that's assuming only one kid. I see lots and lots of families on the Hill with 2 or 3.

Do you always fly off the handle? A PP listed middle schools at which she knew a Hill kid who attended. I added to that list. This doesn't mean every Hill family will be able to afford to send one it more children to any of these schools, much less that they would be admitted. We get it, the middle school situation is stressful and it's unfortunate thst the most realistic public options aren't all that, Basis included. Maybe the Hillcrest test-in school moves forward but I wouldn't count on it. In the meantime, to the best of my knowledge, Washington Global has done little to no outreach to Hill families and appears to have a different mission in mind.

No one flew off the handle. All that happened was someone added numbers to the list of schools and a bit of sobering reality. You are stressed; I get that. This is a stressful time and conversation. But you are seeing things that don't exist if you think that post was an example of flying off the handle. And at the risk of getting into a tit for tat, let me address your apparent defense that you were just naming other schools. The analogy would be like replying to a list of family cars (Taurus, Passat, Outback, Camry) with Tesla, Maybach, Ferrari, and Lamborghini and then getting defensive when someone calls BS that you glossed over the price differential.