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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm familiar with Gunn, which is practically blocks away from Stanford (where I went in the late 90s). Your public school is not typical of most public schools. I'm not sure I'd even want to send my child to Gunn with the pressure kids face there.

We do send our child to private school. I'm also a person of color and work in education policy (since apparently professions matter here). We are not wealthy but earn enough.

Diversity mattered to me, and that is partially why we went private. I know someone questioned whether there is actual diversity at private schools. I've looked at all kinds of numbers (I'm a numbers gal, too)! I would not feel comfortable sending my child to several public schools, some that are too White or heavily Black and Latino. I went to a predominantly minority public school (think 98 percentile).

My child would probably do fine in either public or private. I don't care to buy my child a house or leave a trust fund, though I won't mind helping financially in some way down the road. I do care about exposing him to racial and ethnic diversity, a well-rounded education, and a breadth of opportunities. Some public schools can do that but I don't at all strive for anything like Gunn.[/quote]

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