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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anecdotally, my parents and my in-laws made similar incomes.

My parents moved to the burbs and sent us through solid publics.  My in-laws sent their kids to expensive privates.  My parents now have significantly more money than my in-laws and we will inherit this money.  It continues to grow.

The problem with private school is that it’s a very large fixed expense.  It’s as large as a mortgage, yacht payment etc.  Would you go and buy a yacht on your income and spend $4-5k a month on it?  I get that it’s education, but you can also educate your children for free in a good public school district.

I think my in-laws wasted a lot of money on public schools and my husband and his siblings agree.  They now the to make their kids feel guilty about how much they spent like they had any clue how much private K was.

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This! ONLY SEND YOUR KID TO PRIVATE IF THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL IN PUBLIC.  (Or if you are  RICH). We have a very similar experience and it is also playing out with our kids. One did not do well in public, had very mild ADHD/anxiety but too big was too much and now he is in a small school.  My younger public school kid has a curriculum that is equally stimulating and he is doing great. We would not dream of switching him and we could. [/quote]

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