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[quote=Anonymous]OP,

My oldest is a college freshman. Most private universities are in the 70-90K range, per year, total cost of attendance (tuition, room, board, fees). A few are 100K a year.

In-state UMD is 30K a year. Out of state public universities will be higher, and some will be as expensive as privates. The cost of college tuition has risen faster than inflation on average in the past few decades.

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1. No elementary will cater to advanced or precocious students, except possibly the MCPS CES centers in 4th and 5th grade. Your kids are going to sit there and be bored, in private and in public. By middle school, there are multiple math and language tracks available (and two different levels of English and social studies), that prepare your child for AP, IB and Honors classes in high school. Your child, if they are bright, can test into Algebra 1 in 6th grade, and end up taking a ton of AP courses in high school. MCPS also has magnets that specialize in certain fields.

2. Publics have to accept everyone, and so have more discipline issues in the classroom than privates. But sometimes the bullying and teasing is worse in privates, because of the smaller classes, and the lack of management on the part of the administration, especially if the bully's family is prominent at the school. They have drugs problems at the secondary level, private and public. The type of drugs/alcohol will depend on the SES level of families, that's all. Your children will learn who to avoid and who to be friends with, at any school.

3. If one of your children has moderate special needs, sometimes it's better to stay in public, who are obligated to implement 504 and IEP plans (you need to stay on top of it, of course). Privates have no such obligation.

Just to add to your thought process...
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