Holton tuition

We were paying those sorts of private school tuition increases for 20 years (several kids) before we said "enough". It wasn't really a choice -- we just could no longer afford it. I still sometimes miss the educational environment, but our kids are dong well in public and it just wasn't worth bankrupting our family anymore to stay in private.

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02/19/2014 07:36

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Anonymous wrote:We were paying those sorts of private school tuition increases for 20 years (several kids) before we said "enough". It wasn't really a choice -- we just could no longer afford it. I still sometimes miss the educational environment, but our kids are dong well in public and it just wasn't worth bankrupting our family anymore to stay in private.

Correction -- I meant we were paying for over 10 yrs. I cannot even imagine having done it for 20 yrs, lol!

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02/19/2014 11:19

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Only 1 / 3 going to private.... Other 2 will have to fight for survival!

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02/19/2014 11:29

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The tuition is out of control. More power to them if they can find families willing to pay this amount. We put one through a few years of private but the younger wanted public (and we thought it would be a good fit). Much to our surprise and delight, the public was amazing. Academics were on par with the private and the size and vibrancy of the public school community was an extra benefit. Needless to say, we pulled our child from private and she joined her brother at Whitman.
Based on our experience, I could never justify the expense of private when our public option is so extraordinary. Granted our public option is a great one and that isn't the case for everyone.

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02/19/2014 11:57

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Powerball drawing is tonight.

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02/19/2014 12:12

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For those of us who do not attend these schools, what is the tuition at the upper school/high school next year for your schools?

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02/19/2014 12:15

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Worked hard to keep three children in private school for five years. Now two are in public high school and we couldn't be happier. Our children are thriving and life (financially) got a lot easier and less stressful for everyone.

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02/19/2014 12:20

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Have you ever noticed that it's an iron-clad requirement on DCUM that every single parent that took their child out of private school "couldn't be happier" now that the kid attends public school? The only acceptable alternative phrasing is "very happy."

Why does no one ever use different phrasing, like maybe "it's going well so far" or "we like this public school"?

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02/19/2014 12:51

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever noticed that it's an iron-clad requirement on DCUM that every single parent that took their child out of private school "couldn't be happier" now that the kid attends public school? The only acceptable alternative phrasing is "very happy."

Why does no one ever use different phrasing, like maybe "it's going well so far" or "we like this public school"?

We pulled our daughter out of private and we "couldn't be happier" with her experience at Whitman. I understand where you're coming from and sometimes everything on this site seems to reflect only the extremes. That said, we are really thrilled with her experience. I think those of us who have made the move feel like sharing these positive experiences (especially on this site) b/c there seem to be so much public school bashing. There's a lot along the lines of "if you care about education you'll go private" or "if you have the $, you'll go private" or "if you don't go private, you'll have to settle for public" and basically, "public isn't good." These things are simply not true. There is so much hype about private schools - much of it premised upon the assumption that private is always better and the more you pay, the better it is. Not at all true in our experience.

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02/19/2014 13:21

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever noticed that it's an iron-clad requirement on DCUM that every single parent that took their child out of private school "couldn't be happier" now that the kid attends public school? The only acceptable alternative phrasing is "very happy."

Why does no one ever use different phrasing, like maybe "it's going well so far" or "we like this public school"?

We pulled our daughter out of private and we "couldn't be happier" with her experience at Whitman. I understand where you're coming from and sometimes everything on this site seems to reflect only the extremes. That said, we are really thrilled with her experience. I think those of us who have made the move feel like sharing these positive experiences (especially on this site) b/c there seem to be so much public school bashing. There's a lot along the lines of "if you care about education you'll go private" or "if you have the $, you'll go private" or "if you don't go private, you'll have to settle for public" and basically, "public isn't good." These things are simply not true. There is so much hype about private schools - much of it premised upon the assumption that private is always better and the more you pay, the better it is. Not at all true in our experience.

I think that those of us who have stressed, strained, and sacrificed many opportunities in order to meet our tuition obligations year after year, indeed "couldn't be happier" when that obligation goes away. In fact, the local public schools are very good, with excellent educational and extracurricular opportunities, and my children are doing great in this environment.