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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think either one of you is necessarily wrong. It’s hard without more facts. Obviously we’re getting your side and you don’t seem to believe they are good either. How involved are you with your kids schools - who is sitting and doing their homework with them? Do your kids have any challenges with schools? Is it possible to move to an area with better public schools? Can you cut vacation to make up the deficit?
We left public during Covid and it’s stressed our finances. I absolutely believe it’s been worth it though.
I would also look at catholic schools and at least apply for financial aid. [/quote]

You think it’s worth it because confirmation bias. It was actually a dumb decision.[/quote]

I am a public school parent and I think it’s highly that PP is wrong. Covid has been abysmal for so many students, especially those who were supposed to be learning foundational topics like reading for K and advanced math for middle and high school, and of course the impact is even worse for a kid with even the smallest special need. You just cannot learn as well over a computer, and private schools did much less of that. This isn’t even factoring in the fact that private schools are far more likely to have a content-rich curriculum and good writing composition instruction, and much less of a problem with behavioral issues in the transition back to the classroom. This is reflected in data. It’s not confirmation bias unless PP’s public school option was a unicorn.

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There is actually very little data supporting that private schools have better outcomes due to the school. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0013189X18785632

UMC/MC parents who value education make sacrifices, but cannot sacrifice their entire financial lives. You move to a better school district, stay involved in school, get tutoring, get into the good programs. [/quote]
This article was published in 2018! This is your supporting evidence  :shock: 
My gosh a discussion on education from people focused on finances is eye opening. [/quote]

um care to elaborate?

I would love to discuss the merits of mansions and lux European vacations. The fact that my finances won’t pay for them is pretty much the determining factor, regardless of how nice they are.

and again - sacrificing for education is noble. people like OP do that by moving to a better public school district, getting tutors, getting kids into the best programs. not by bankrupting themselves and sticking their kids with student loans. [/quote]
So do you say no we will never go on vacation or buy a home or do you look for more reasonable alternatives to vacation at like a drivable beach and a house to live in?  
Cause from your response it sounds like you lay down and throw a tantrum that you can't have a mansion and european vacation. Some of you boys on here are so much drama.  So black and white.  [/quote]

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