How much do you earn to afford private school?

[Anonymous]

There are 3-6k parochial schools out there. Especially in south and Midwest. You don't have to live in th most expensive place AND send to private

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you make that much and can’t afford private you have bigger issues.

How do you figure?

Like I said, my alma mater is $28k per year...for 1 student. I have a few kids, so it would be very costly to send them to private school K through 12 AND have money saved for college.

I see that some people are going private K-8 and then bailing and going public for high school. I get it: catholic grade school is relatively affordable, but high school isn't. I wouldn't want to tear my kid away from their friends and send them to public for high school.

I'm one of the PP whose kids will switch to public for high school. We make $360K.

Many, many kids from our K-8 go to public for high school, and of the ones who don't, they're spread across the various Diocesan and independent Catholic schools. It's not like there's one school that a majority of the kids matriculate to. We're in NoVA, so maybe things are different for ADW schools.

I can see one of our kids being strongly in favor of going to Catholic high school for religious reasons, so we're willing to consider it for her but we can't easily afford to pay for private high school and save for college for 4 kids, two of whom are twins. The FCPS high school we're zoned for is just as good if not better than PVI, Ireton, etc, so it wouldn't be worth it just for academics. (K-8 is a different story; it's completely worth it to us for grade school and middle.)

[Anonymous]

For all the parents who don't earn enough to comfortably send their children to private school and the grandparents are paying for private school - do you want to do the same for your future grandchildren? What plan do you have in place (if any) to pay for future grandchildren's private schooling?

If you don't think you'll pay for future grandchildren's private schooling, do you feel guilty that you won't be able to give your own grandchildren this benefit?

[Anonymous]

Our HHI is close to yours. Our K-5 payment was maybe $350/400 at most. 6-12 started off around $1900 per month and ended $2500 per month. We drive old paid off cars, live in a not fancy house, and don’t travel as much as we would have liked. The education she received was worth every penny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you make that much and can’t afford private you have bigger issues.

How do you figure?

Like I said, my alma mater is $28k per year...for 1 student. I have a few kids, so it would be very costly to send them to private school K through 12 AND have money saved for college.

I see that some people are going private K-8 and then bailing and going public for high school. I get it: catholic grade school is relatively affordable, but high school isn't. I wouldn't want to tear my kid away from their friends and send them to public for high school.

I'm one of the PP whose kids will switch to public for high school. We make $360K.

Many, many kids from our K-8 go to public for high school, and of the ones who don't, they're spread across the various Diocesan and independent Catholic schools. It's not like there's one school that a majority of the kids matriculate to. We're in NoVA, so maybe things are different for ADW schools.

I can see one of our kids being strongly in favor of going to Catholic high school for religious reasons, so we're willing to consider it for her but we can't easily afford to pay for private high school and save for college for 4 kids, two of whom are twins. The FCPS high school we're zoned for is just as good if not better than PVI, Ireton, etc, so it wouldn't be worth it just for academics. (K-8 is a different story; it's completely worth it to us for grade school and middle.)

In MoCo, there are definitely preferred catholic high schools that kids transition to from certain parish schools. It’s unusual for kids to switch to public for HS in moco.

PVI and Ireton never had stellar reputations for academics.

FWIW, my catholic HS was more challenging than college; college was a breeze for me compared to my catholic high school. Heck, law school was less stressful for me than my catholic high school.

[Anonymous]

I disagree re: Bishop Ireton's rigor. They have had some outstanding college acceptances in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the parents who don't earn enough to comfortably send their children to private school and the grandparents are paying for private school - do you want to do the same for your future grandchildren? What plan do you have in place (if any) to pay for future grandchildren's private schooling?

If you don't think you'll pay for future grandchildren's private schooling, do you feel guilty that you won't be able to give your own grandchildren this benefit?

Yeah you jelly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you make that much and can’t afford private you have bigger issues.

How do you figure?

Like I said, my alma mater is $28k per year...for 1 student. I have a few kids, so it would be very costly to send them to private school K through 12 AND have money saved for college.

I see that some people are going private K-8 and then bailing and going public for high school. I get it: catholic grade school is relatively affordable, but high school isn't. I wouldn't want to tear my kid away from their friends and send them to public for high school.

I'm one of the PP whose kids will switch to public for high school. We make $360K.

Many, many kids from our K-8 go to public for high school, and of the ones who don't, they're spread across the various Diocesan and independent Catholic schools. It's not like there's one school that a majority of the kids matriculate to. We're in NoVA, so maybe things are different for ADW schools.

I can see one of our kids being strongly in favor of going to Catholic high school for religious reasons, so we're willing to consider it for her but we can't easily afford to pay for private high school and save for college for 4 kids, two of whom are twins. The FCPS high school we're zoned for is just as good if not better than PVI, Ireton, etc, so it wouldn't be worth it just for academics. (K-8 is a different story; it's completely worth it to us for grade school and middle.)

In MoCo, there are definitely preferred catholic high schools that kids transition to from certain parish schools. It’s unusual for kids to switch to public for HS in moco.

PVI and Ireton never had stellar reputations for academics.

FWIW, my catholic HS was more challenging than college; college was a breeze for me compared to my catholic high school. Heck, law school was less stressful for me than my catholic high school.

Ireton doesn't need to have amazing academics; it will always have strong enrollment because of people who want to get away from ACPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all the parents who don't earn enough to comfortably send their children to private school and the grandparents are paying for private school - do you want to do the same for your future grandchildren? What plan do you have in place (if any) to pay for future grandchildren's private schooling?

If you don't think you'll pay for future grandchildren's private schooling, do you feel guilty that you won't be able to give your own grandchildren this benefit?

It would be more of a struggle to pay for private on our income, but we could do it. We don't because my family has made education a priority for three generations and invested with that as a goal.

We do not always send to expensive privates, but we have. Right now we have one in a 30k private and one in a 12k private. We still try to keep our educational costs down, being mindful of quality.

We plan to pay for grandchildren's educations, but it will be a conversation about quality and planning. We will use 529s for college and savings accounts for k-12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the parents who don't earn enough to comfortably send their children to private school and the grandparents are paying for private school - do you want to do the same for your future grandchildren? What plan do you have in place (if any) to pay for future grandchildren's private schooling?

If you don't think you'll pay for future grandchildren's private schooling, do you feel guilty that you won't be able to give your own grandchildren this benefit?

It would be more of a struggle to pay for private on our income, but we could do it. We don't because my family has made education a priority for three generations and invested with that as a goal.

We do not always send to expensive privates, but we have. Right now we have one in a 30k private and one in a 12k private. We still try to keep our educational costs down, being mindful of quality.

We plan to pay for grandchildren's educations, but it will be a conversation about quality and planning. We will use 529s for college and savings accounts for k-12.

Is the 12k Private a Catholic school? That's really affordable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are 3-6k parochial schools out there. Especially in south and Midwest. You don't have to live in th most expensive place AND send to private

As someone who lives in a moderately priced part of Silver Spring, in part because then I can afford Catholic, I'm trying to figure out how you expect people to earn DC area salaries while sending their kids to parochial school in GA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the parents who don't earn enough to comfortably send their children to private school and the grandparents are paying for private school - do you want to do the same for your future grandchildren? What plan do you have in place (if any) to pay for future grandchildren's private schooling?

If you don't think you'll pay for future grandchildren's private schooling, do you feel guilty that you won't be able to give your own grandchildren this benefit?

It would be more of a struggle to pay for private on our income, but we could do it. We don't because my family has made education a priority for three generations and invested with that as a goal.

We do not always send to expensive privates, but we have. Right now we have one in a 30k private and one in a 12k private. We still try to keep our educational costs down, being mindful of quality.

We plan to pay for grandchildren's educations, but it will be a conversation about quality and planning. We will use 529s for college and savings accounts for k-12.

We make our kids’ education a priority; not in private school though

[Anonymous]

HHI 170 sending 3 to private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HHI 170 sending 3 to private.

How much is tuition?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all the parents who don't earn enough to comfortably send their children to private school and the grandparents are paying for private school - do you want to do the same for your future grandchildren? What plan do you have in place (if any) to pay for future grandchildren's private schooling?

If you don't think you'll pay for future grandchildren's private schooling, do you feel guilty that you won't be able to give your own grandchildren this benefit?

It would be more of a struggle to pay for private on our income, but we could do it. We don't because my family has made education a priority for three generations and invested with that as a goal.

We do not always send to expensive privates, but we have. Right now we have one in a 30k private and one in a 12k private. We still try to keep our educational costs down, being mindful of quality.

We plan to pay for grandchildren's educations, but it will be a conversation about quality and planning. We will use 529s for college and savings accounts for k-12.

$30K is an expensive private and your family is paying... uggg...