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[quote=Anonymous]I was someone who would have never considered private, then COVID happened so l did it.  I think it varies a lot by school so here are some details for context - it’s a DC School with higher end tuition, over 40K for ES.  We do not get FA, we don’t have family money or a lot of assets and HHI is less than 300k so it’s a big financial sacrifice.

Pros: more agile than public, so went back in person full time during COVID much sooner; much smaller class size, the teachers really know my kid and provide more targeted personal help (this to me is the #1 pro - my kid caught up academically with one trouble subject very quickly); pretty nice kids and parents, the parents seem less likely to push their kids to be a super high achiever, less Tiger mom types than in our NWDC public; school has way more $ and staff than public so even if you volunteer it’s not a heavy lift like with auctions at public; way less standardized testing; teachers not stressed out.

Cons: very elitist but in a subtle way (they are nice to everyone at school events), like many of the lifer parents never even considered public and belong to expensive and exclusive clubs; no close neighborhood friends so lots of arranging and driving for play dates; cost!!!

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