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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting topic.  I have two boys, 15 and 12.  Both DH and I went to area public schools and both of us have a Masters. My sons go to vastly different schools.

My older goes to a special needs school that is public and is fantastic.  The families in this school are a huge spectrum of monetary levels.  However, we can all come together because we are all going through the difficult process of raising a special needs child and all that goes with that.

My younger son goes to a private school, which he's been at since K, and has been wonderful for him as well.  We picked this school because we noticed in Preschool he couldn't handle the bigger classrooms.  They have smaller classes and he has excelled.  Although I do like the families, for the most part, I do find the talk about needing to be a part of this club or get certain scores in order to get into certain schools, is ridiculous.   We are comfortable but we are definitely not one of the more wealthy families and our vacations usually have to be places where we can drive and rent a VRBO (because of a medically fragile child).

I guess what I'm saying is that although I feel the families at the public school are more humble, I think it's because we have bonded in what we are going through.  [/quote]

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