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[quote=Anonymous]Against my better judgment, I'm going to throw in my two cents.

My profession is in advocating for better public schools. I am an URM. My child is White/URM. We send our child to private school. It was a hard decision. Honestly, I would much rather send my child to a "good public school."

Our DCPS is mediocre and with even more mediocre middle/high school options, the more affluent families are trying to lottery their way out or move when possible. We considered charter schools but you see this, too, though to a slightly lesser degree.

We highly valued choosing a school that would offer stability and a good education. We did not want to be stressing out every year about what to do.

We are not wealthy, but we have a high HHI by national standards (but not DC standards). We could move to a neighborhood zoned for a "good school." And we may. But honestly it will likely cost as much as sending our child to private school unless we move out to the suburbs.

We also valued diversity and genuine racial/ethnic integration. This is more difficult to come by in DC public schools. Absolutely, there isn't really any economic diversity in private schools. But this is true in some of the "good public schools," too.

I also graduated from a mediocre, Title I, majority minority public school. I think back at my school years fondly but I was very unprepared for college. I don't doubt that I'm projecting my own experience onto my kid and that that influenced our decision. Our child is growing up 1000x more privileged than the way I grew up.

I share this because I think there are many families like ours who send their child to private school in DC. There are a lot of considerations. Call me a hypocrite for being an advocate of public schools and sending my child to private. But until you've walked in my shoes...[/quote]

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