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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One Ivy, both grad degrees, HHI above 800k and GE way above 3, public (in Alexandria City no less).  Disappointed by lousy private experiences, happy about public academics, and like the other public families a lot.  No regrets whatsoever about yanking from private. 
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We had our kids in private, too and yanked them. DH and I both went private PK-12. He did grad school at an Ivy. Our HHI is about 450K so we can afford it too but are much happier in public and I agree that the parents and the kids are so much nicer to be around. [/quote]

Might depend on the private school and public school as far as the friendliness factor.  We switched from a highly rated MCPS school to parochial school and I've found in general the families to be friendlier at the parochial school than our public school. I used to wonder if I was wearing my invisibility cloak when I went to events like the Halloween party or PTA meetings.  At the new school, people will introduce themselves and include you in group conversations.   My child has also done better with friendships and I will admit part of that is the small environment and less choices.[/quote]

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