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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to Exeter. My children go to a Title I DCPS. So I know what you mean. I'd switch them in middle or high school if I could afford it. It really is a different world. [/quote]

Ok...
This is what we want to hear about. 
I’m the OP of this thread, and I had sort of given up here. Posters are having a really hard time with time with the money aspect of this discussion. I don’t need a cost benefit analysis. The cost is not the issue. 
If money wasn’t an issue, would you have them in private starting in pre K and continuing all the way through?
Do you see a benefit to their DCPS title 1 school? [/quote]

OP, I went to private K-12.  My husband went to public K-12.  Comparing schools is like comparing apples and oranges, but he was in a very good school district in MD, for what that's worth.  I loved my school.  I loved going to school.  I loved learning.  I loved my teachers.  I loved that we took amazing class trips from 6-12 grade (like week-long trips in other states).  I loved the fact that everyone knew everyone else.  I loved how intensely my English teachers paid attention to my writing so that I had to work really hard at it.  I loved how my school made us take art classes and play sports and do volunteer hours every year to expose us to things we might have otherwise not chosen to do.  I love the fact that 20 years later our class is still super close.  I could go on and on.  My husband liked nothing about his school.  He has no connection to it (I still wear t-shirts from my school, use pens with the logo, drink coffee out of a mug from there).  He hasn't gone to a single reunion (I haven't missed one and the school is thousands of miles away from our house).  He doesn't remember any of his teachers names (I am friends with several on Facebook and stay in touch).  His parents know none of his friends' names (my parents can name every single kid in my class and their parents).  Again, I could go on and on.  Private school and public school offer different things.  And not all privates or publics are created equal.  But if you find a private school that you love and you can afford, then why wouldn't you send your child there?  I wouldn't pay for just any private, but I will pay for the one my children go to because it is worth it on all accounts.  They are having a similar experience to the one I had, and that's all I wanted.  And by the way, lest people assume that I beat my public school attending husband into submission, he was on the fence about private school but once we toured this one he fell in love and has been happy every single day since that that's where our children go.  We just had a round of parent teacher conferences and he again commented on how amazed he was with the school.  So OP, if you love it, go for it. [/quote]

That sense of "family" was the best part of my private school. As I get older, though, I am starting to question why I'm maintaining any connection (especially giving to their annual fund). It feels a little like giving money to keep watering the lawns in Cape Town. My kids will move every 2-3 years and won't get that family sense anywhere, and I like to think I can spot a good public school, too, before it gets to the point your husband described.

I went to private, and DH went to public; I also loved school and excelled, and DH did ok and didn't like school. But then I went to a huge state university and loved it, too, while he went to a prestigious private university that he also didn't like. So maybe it wasn't the schools ...[/quote]

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