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[quote=Anonymous]My DH and I both attended public schools, and we both feel happy with our educational experience.  We both attended large state universities, followed by private law schools.

We now feel that our DS (age 11) should make the move from public to private school.  We think it will be a better fit for him, and have thought it through and are comfortable with our decision.  We know that there are advantages and disadvantages to sending your DC to a private school, and we feel that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages in our particular situation.

We live in what's considered a good cluster in MCPS, and most of our neighbors send their kids to public school.  We like the parents and kids at the public school.

I find that the grandparents are making us feel guilty for deciding to send our DS to private school.  My MIL (in a very subtle way) has made me feel like I'm a fancy pants for doing this.  My SIL and BIL are both teachers in public schools (elsewhere in the country), and I get the sense that they feel a bit hurt by the decision.  (The topic of the switch happened to come up -- I didn't proactively mention it.)

We probably will be at the lower end of the income scale at this school (HHI $300 with two full-time working parents).  Even if we had more money, we like to be low key.  We are hoping to find other low key parents.

Has anyone else encountered feelings of guilt, and felt a need to apologize for the decision to send your DC to a private school?  If so, did the feeling subside once you got settled in at the school?

Thank you.[/quote]

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