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[quote=Anonymous]Public school fan here. We could easily afford private for our youngest, as we significantly overfunded our older kids’ 529s, but I can’t think of any good reason to do it. Our older kids got a great education in our MCPS district, had an great peer group, enjoyed their HS years and are doing very well at excellent colleges. It’s a moot question in our case as our youngest turned down spots at MS magnets because he didn’t want to be apart from his friends, and I can’t imagine there would be any way to convince him that private would be preferable.  We love that he has a lot of close friends from school in our neighborhood as well, which has led to us having friendships with a number of parents in walking distance of our house.

I completely understand switching to private if your kid is unhappy or struggling in public, but there are so many advantages to a public for an adaptable kid, including learning early how to navigate a bigger world with a much larger cross-section of humanity.  I haven’t seen any difference in college readiness between our older kids and their college friends and classmates who went to Big 3 schools.  I tend to think that smart kids with involved parents will do well wherever they go, and I don’t want to our kids to have the mindset that they need to have the best, most exclusive experience to do well and be happy. [/quote]

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