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[quote=Anonymous]I honestly cannot figure this out.  Our gross hh income is $245k.   We have a $2000/month house payment (including property taxes).  Car paid off (not fancy, getting old so might need to replace in the next year or two).   Student loan payment of $700/month.
We don't take vacations except camping. I am the least fashionable person you'll ever meet, so not much in clothing expenses.   We both WOH, so we have a cleaning person come a couple times per month ($250 monthly).  Cable, phone, regular utilities.  I do occasionally get classes or lessons for the kids as "extras", and piano lessons.   So, we don't live extravagently, but we do live very comfortably.   We sock away a moderate amount into our TSP, but we haven't started saving for college (though the grandparents have). 
We have 2 kids, and live in a good MCPS district, so planned to send our older to public.   But now DC seems to be both super bright and also quite shy and sensitive, so we think public might not be a good fit.    If we send one to private, I think we will want to send the other as well.
Anyone in similar circumstances?  I would hate to start at private and then have to pull DC for financial reasons.  But I would hate to have her not like school because of a bad experience in public ES.
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