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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does the money mean to you?  I got a lot of those same statements in preschool.   Years later, I have a kid with some health issues, some general immaturity, and less than stellar executive function issues.  All of which would still have been true in private. He is as smart as ever.

It is very nice to be able to write large checks to tutors.

Can you do that on top of private? We could not, and I'm glad we didn't choose that option.[/quote]

This is a good perspective to consider. Its hard to give up on the opportunity of a "well-regarded private" as you put it, but commute and community aside, what are you actually getting? Our child was at a well regarded K-8 which had some really tuned-out teachers, a problem with discipline (amongst the boys mostly) and a slow moving curriculum, not the fabulous academics we had been promised. Ultimately we think the school was a dumping ground for boys with social difficulties who wouldn't have been able to just get along with others in class in a local school. We have switched out to our local public and not only is our child a lot happier, we are so much happier with the openness of the teachers and the academic expectations.[/quote]

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