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[quote=Anonymous][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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This is a good point. Top privates in DC are elitist but it is subtle and not in your face.
Kids generally do pick up on it though. One of the downsides although the academics are strong[/quote]

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