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[quote=Anonymous]I’m in upper NWDC, not Moco, but can provide some perspective as my kids have been in both highly rated public and highly regarded private.  My neighborhood is about 1/2 public and 1/2 private.

There are some families that only ever plan to send their kids to private.  These lifers won’t tell you why.  It’s like if you need to ask you’ll never know.  These people skew wealthy and full pay.  You don’t have the lifer mentality because you asked this question.

There are some families that put their kids into one or the other for specific reasons - kid has some anxiety and does better in a small more nurturing environment; sports focus; special needs; acceleration. These people you can talk to because they will tell you their reasons.  They will also admit one on one that private school is elitist but they do it anyway because it’s better for their particular kid.

There are some newer money, maybe people call them strivers, who go for the highest rated private they can get into because they assume it must be better.  It’s so expensive and the people they aspire to be send their kids to private.

I’m in the middle group.  I’ve made some generalizations of course.

There are a lot of cons to private (besides money) the big ones being living in a privileged bubble, kids not having neighborhood friends and having to drive them  all over to see their friends.  
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