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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You didn’t indicate that public was ever not working for your DD, just that you choose homeschooling during Covid. So why not go back, if you already have an IEP in place that is working.

You’re making some assumptions about that public school vs private school academics based on your oldest child.  However,  this is going to be highly variable depending on child, interest in subjects, and private school.  Additionally, if you haven’t already applied to the private/boarding school of interest you’re very behind for the upcoming year(which seems to be 9th for you) and finding placement for 10th is even more scarce.

Private or boarding may be thebperfect place for your DD.  However, you’re going to need to explore finances for how you can make this workable.  Whether that means loans for the upcoming college students or going to a lower cost school.  Maybe it means going back to public but via virtual education model.  May be switching job to make more money as at least three of the kids are HS or older.

All the above said, I wouldn’t recommend incurring the cost of private, given you have college cost for two coming up very soon, with the cost of college for the third possibly occuring shortly thereafter and two other kids to consider.  Unless your child has a situation that absolutely requires private, it does not sound like an affordable situation for your family without some serious family sacrifices. [/quote]

I agree with this poster completely.  Given that you have five children, this sounds like a financial non-starter to me unless multiple children are able to obtain full financial aid/merit scholarships to college.  It also does not sound like she was in crisis in public school.  It sounds like you have been able to make it work over the years and college will give her a residential experience in the future.  I would not put my family through this level of financial strain simply because public school does not provide the ideal environment.   [/quote]

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