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[quote=Anonymous]Private schools in this area vary wildly in their cost and their benefits.  I wouldn’t sent my kid to 99% of them over W-L or YHS.   But, there a very few that we considered on par and proving real benefits beyond what APS could provide — maybe 3-4 — and they cost an insane amount of money.   Moreover, your chances of admission to them is like winning the lottery.  If I were in your shoes, which I was, I would figure out which private schools you think might academically be on par with YHS and W-L, figure out what $60k x four would really mean for your budget, then go look at them during their open house/admission process.  (Don’t go take your kid through that if you really aren’t going to pay).  Then, if you apply and actually get admitted, you can make the really really hard decision of whether APS or those private schools are a better fit for your kid.  For most people, they aren’t willing to go through it all and justify APS because it’s pretty great.  There are reasons we made a different choice but people here in this particular forum are going to be behind APS.  And I’m with them to a point.   [/quote]

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