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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello, everyone.  Thank you for all of your insights and opinions.  OP here ...

I can imagine there are several scenarios where households may be 2-parent, 1-income like ours.  I see there was some speculation that in all cases this would be a parent "staying-at-home" or just not working (a choice I also made while my kids were little as a low-income earner who found childcare unaffordable and a poorer substitute given our particulars).  That's one possibility.  But others include: care of a child with illness/special needs, dependent adult, out-of-work parent, sick parent, parent who works outside the home without receiving an income (volunteer/intern), and likely others.  In our case, we our longtime, pre-pandemic homeschoolers ... so I've been working years without getting paid :)

As I mentioned previously, I've never made an income (in my previous non-profit / education roles) as much as many of these private high school tuitions.  So, I was mainly wondering how others made it work.  If it's realistic even with aid.  What the imputed wage of a non-working parent might be.  Thanks to all of you who provided some useful insider knowledge there.

Others suggested Catholic schools as a less-expensive alternative.  We are considering those as well, though we are not Catholic. From reading other threads, it seems that could limit admission / aid in some cases.

Best wishes to everyone searching out the right path for their kiddos next year!  If anyone has more helpful information / experiences to offer, we would love to benefit from your words of wisdom.

Thank you![/quote]

Another pre-pandemic homeschooler here, but I’ve also always worked part time. I’ve always mentally calculated the homeschooling as money saved on private school tuition for elementary. I know many homeschoolers that are also holding down other part time jobs as well. You might want to consider that if you are attempting to homeschool a younger child while enrolling an older child in private school. You might also consider your local public. There are many Catholic schools that have tuition around $20k.

Frankly, I don’t have a lot of sympathy. I know two income families that make that much and support multiple generations.[/quote]

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