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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are conservative Jews who want to send our kids to Jewish day school. The only non orthodox option in our area starts at 30k for kindergarten and increases progressively, up to 50k for high school.

Our HHI is around 480-500k. We have two kids. I want a third, but the idea of three tuitions is incredibly stressful. I would not be sending to private school on our income - which I realize is objectively fairly high - if Jewish day school were not a priority. Summer camp is also a fortune.

A lot of people at the school get financial aid, apparently even with incomes like ours, which is insane but a separate topic.

How does anyone who isn’t a law partner afford to send kids to Jewish day schools?

The modern orthodox schools are less expensive, but we are not aligned with this philosophy or level of observance. Socially we’d also be pariahs.

Not so much looking for advice as much as I am for a dialogue on how other people manage the expense. 
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A lot of people have grandparents that subsidize/pay for it and/or access to a lot of family wealth.  Or they earn far more.
(there is also a longstanding joke/saying that dayschool costs are a form of jewish birth control, even in the more religious communities).

OP, i'm with you on this type of calculation (although the 3rd kid is not an option for us).

We are happy with our choices and are full-pay, but our kids don't go to overnight camp (tried it and it wasn't for them, which is fine with us). We are not running off on big trips regularly (many, many of their peers are, whether they pay our they have family memebrs that take them on vaation).  We live a very comfortable life, but we don't have a lot of 'extra.'  Many people we know talk about all the aid they get, and they seem to do more travel etc. than we do.

If you are in the DC-area and want to get annoyed, look at the tuitions for the Balitmore schools, which are a lot less for similar-type schools.... ;)  Also, the local non-orthodox DC schools currently have a lot of price difference: One has a middle school $10k more than another.[/quote]

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