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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once you switch to private school everything else feels like a compromise. Our kids are in a top notch DC private with 12 kids and 2 experienced teachers per class. We just moved to Montgomery county with the thought of maybe using the publics, only to learn they'd be in a class of 24 with one teacher. It's much better than DCPS but no comparison to private. If you choose to go to a top private then it's hard to go back to any public.

My advice is to apply to privates and request aid, I've heard of friends making up to $300k getting aid if they had more than one kid and other financial obligations. It can't hurt to ask, you may get a significant discount. Do you have pensions? If so I wouldn't be so worried about your level of retirement savings.[/quote]

Yeah, but many of the kids I grew up with who went to these type of elite privates turned out really mediocre.  I'm just not sure they fostered any real understanding of people and the world and grit.  To be successful in life you need to learn more than how to be coddled in ideal circumstances at all times.  [/quote]

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