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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today I visited a good public elementary school in DC. While I understand that kids in public high schools may have some behavioral issues, what I saw at the elementary level was that this public school is much better than my current private school.

To begin with, it has four different teachers specialized in math, science, social studies, and English. At our current private school, which is considered “elite,” the homeroom teacher teaches all of those subjects, and not especially well to begin with.

Yes, class sizes are slightly bigger in the public school, but are there really any meaningful benefits to a private elementary school? At least compared with our current private school, I could not see any major advantage.[/quote]

Unless you can comfortably afford it all, no point in wasting money on private elementary school, save money for their colleges and your retirement. Life is expensive and tough for upper middle class, no freebies until system drains everything you frugally saved to make you poor.[/quote]

Yeah I was pretty horrified that we received no financial aid offers from the private schools we applied our kid to this year. I thought we'd get some but nothing. And I think it was all because we've been frugally saving for our retirement since our 20's. Did not realize we wouldn't get FA unless we spent all of our money instead of saving it. [/quote]

You do realize that other families of are paying for your child when you get financial aid.  So yes, it is intended for those who could not otherwise afford it, not those who would prefer to save it for later or spend it on something else...[/quote]

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