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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jamestown is essentially a private school for parents who can’t quite afford the real thing. The school auction takes place at Washington Golf every year and the parents try to outdo each other with gross displays of money. The dads tend to be 10-15 years older than the wives, and the wives are vapid and catty. We moved to get away from that scene.[/quote]

Trust me, they can afford the real thing. What keeps them there is the excellent academics and teachers. Most of the families/kids I know that go there love it. [/quote]

Oh. My. God.

[b]Jamestown is a public school like any other.[/b] And trust me, most of them can’t afford 40K per kid for 13 years, and if they could without cutting back, they would in a heartbeat.[/quote]

No, it isn't and hasn't been for a long time.  It's the one school in Arlington where I do think that many of the families could pretty easily go private if they wanted.  I personally know several families there whose parents make millions of dollars a year.  You really don't see that anywhere else in Arlington public elementary schools.  It's why we didn't send our kids there.  Honestly. 
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I don’t doubt that you know several families there who make in the seven figures, and that is quite unique for public school. But what you fail to grasp is how unbelievably common that is at the 40K privates! Honestly our HHI is that high (well into 7 figures) and we feel average / comfortable at our kids 40K private, 
 (not a big 3!) compared to all those with significant family money or 8 figure incomes.

My point is I think it’s embarrassing to act like a public school is “essentially a private school”. No. No, it is not. Ridiculous![/quote]

How do I put this?   [i]I'm[/i] wealthy.  Most of the families I know put their kids in private.  And, yes, the ones I know are wealthy.  But they're no wealthier than the Jamestown parents who I also know.

And Jamestown is probably a better school than a non-Big 3 private anyway.   [/quote]

Our DC went through Jamestown from K to 5th grade and then went to a Big 3 private where he easily fit in academically. And in some areas - particularly math and Spanish - he was ahead.

Many JES families save their money and don't put their kids into private until middle or high school.[/quote]

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