If grandparents offered to pay for private would you take it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In laws are offering to pay for our two kids to go to private as they are concerned with where things stand with the current education system. We have a rising Kindergartener next year and one in preschool now. I am all for smaller class sizes and opportunities that private schools provide, but DH nor I attended private school. We are not poor by any means, but we do not drive fancy cars and live in a townhouse in NOVA. We both work full time and can't attend lot of the extra curriculars and parent events that I am being told there are. I feel like we are not going to fit in socially and won't have much in common with the other parents, but I care more about their education than anything. Would love some input from anyone in our situation.

Oh just stop.

Public schools are great; you are brain-dead.

There is no private school in the DMV that beats public school, particularly in math & science.

I am in the 1% of this country financially, and I would never think like your idiotic in-laws or you.

Yes, some kids need private school. There is nothing wrong with that; however, to say that private is overall better than public, you are an idiot. Go back to your hole MAGA.

These are the type of delightful people you could stay with in public school! Why would you ever leave such pleasant discourse?

[Anonymous]

Yes - I would take it. But make sure there's money set aside to keep paying all the way through HS - even if they pass away. This part might be hard to discuss - but you need to consider the longterm. Go find a school you feel matches your family's and children's needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In laws are offering to pay for our two kids to go to private as they are concerned with where things stand with the current education system. We have a rising Kindergartener next year and one in preschool now. I am all for smaller class sizes and opportunities that private schools provide, but DH nor I attended private school. We are not poor by any means, but we do not drive fancy cars and live in a townhouse in NOVA. We both work full time and can't attend lot of the extra curriculars and parent events that I am being told there are. I feel like we are not going to fit in socially and won't have much in common with the other parents, but I care more about their education than anything. Would love some input from anyone in our situation.

Oh just stop.

Public schools are great; you are brain-dead.

There is no private school in the DMV that beats public school, particularly in math & science.

I am in the 1% of this country financially, and I would never think like your idiotic in-laws or you.

Yes, some kids need private school. There is nothing wrong with that; however, to say that private is overall better than public, you are an idiot. Go back to your hole MAGA.

These are the type of delightful people you could stay with in public school! Why would you ever leave such pleasant discourse?

This might land if this forum was lousy with private school parents looking for threads on which to condescend to the rest of us. We see on a daily basis that money doesn't buy manners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In laws are offering to pay for our two kids to go to private as they are concerned with where things stand with the current education system. We have a rising Kindergartener next year and one in preschool now. I am all for smaller class sizes and opportunities that private schools provide, but DH nor I attended private school. We are not poor by any means, but we do not drive fancy cars and live in a townhouse in NOVA. We both work full time and can't attend lot of the extra curriculars and parent events that I am being told there are. I feel like we are not going to fit in socially and won't have much in common with the other parents, but I care more about their education than anything. Would love some input from anyone in our situation.

Yes. We did

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes - I would take it. But make sure there's money set aside to keep paying all the way through HS - even if they pass away. This part might be hard to discuss - but you need to consider the longterm. Go find a school you feel matches your family's and children's needs.

Me again - in the meantime - be sure you are using your money to save big for college now to let it grow. If you can't do that - then I'd ask grandparents to put the amount of tuition in 529's for the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In laws are offering to pay for our two kids to go to private as they are concerned with where things stand with the current education system. We have a rising Kindergartener next year and one in preschool now. I am all for smaller class sizes and opportunities that private schools provide, but DH nor I attended private school. We are not poor by any means, but we do not drive fancy cars and live in a townhouse in NOVA. We both work full time and can't attend lot of the extra curriculars and parent events that I am being told there are. I feel like we are not going to fit in socially and won't have much in common with the other parents, but I care more about their education than anything. Would love some input from anyone in our situation.

Honestly, I'd ask if you can save that offer til middle school.

Completely agree with this. Most schools do a decent job at least through third grade. It's upper elementary and then middle school where you're more likely to want/need to make the switch.

[Anonymous]

Ask them to save it for college and send your kids to public