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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted on the private school thread already and someone suggested to ask here too, so here it is.
DH and I get an allowance of about half tuition up to $19,000. We make about 170k after taxes. We have two kids and might have another. 
Should we do it? We would not be able to afford $80k per year, but 40k we can do it (60... maybe if my income increases which might double (from 55 after taxes to 90) in a couple of years. What would you do? We are international and travel out of the country to see family twice a year (cheap because usually use miles or trip is paid by DH’s job) once we are there we stay with family. Trips are non-negotiable and a priority for us (we also save money in the summer because kids are in home country for 2-3 months and we don’t ever pay for summer camps. Would you do it at our income level?

We are also planning to move (need a bigger house) and by selling what we have now (we are in DuPont) we can get a bigger house inbound for stoddert, Murch, Lafayette, etc.

We work for international organizations and we have great benefits (pension will be 70% of highest paycheck, home leave money, and we don’t pay taxes except for property taxes).[/quote]

Also, we would apply to Beauvoir and Sidwell[/quote]

You may want to do further research. Sitwell is best known for middle and upper school academics. Lower school has had mixed reviews and many attend simply as a gateway to the middle and upper schools. While Beauvoir is focused solely on early childhood education, this board has been filled with questions about how well it prepares kids for the Cathedral schools. But to be honest, none of the private schools in DC are particularly hardcore for academics in the lower schools.  Nor should they be.

Why only those two? Fund families are at lots of schools.[/quote]
I only visited 4 based on reputation and friends ends suggestions and those two are the only ones we feel are worth the $$ for us... I am sure there are many other great schools, but we care a lot about academics and for lower schools it seems like Beauvoir and Sidwell are the best[/quote][/quote]

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