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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that most people know at my children's school. First, you know if you volunteer on certain committees, like the annual giving fund. Not only that, but you know how much each family has donated in the past several years. It makes me a little queasy.

More than that, people pay a lot of attention to the children who go to aftercare. I've heard dozens of comments like, "I have so-and-so over for many playdates after school because I just feel so HORRIBLE that she's at the school for 12 hours a day. . . ."

I don't think the teachers treat the children differently, but there is a LOT of conspicuous consumption at my children's private school, and it's supposedly the down-to-earth school.

In all, it's tough. But it's also tough for us - people who sacrifice to send our kids there without FA. We simply don't have the wealth that most other families have. I notice it, and it's exhausting. My children are beginning to notice it too.

I don't know if it's worth it. Time will tell. 
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This. Your kid will notice the difference, starting somewhere in middle school, even if you're not on FA, but instead you're pinching the pennies to send your kid. Ours started to notice in about 6th grade, when we got the first question about why all the other kids had been to Europe or Latin America except us. [/quote]

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