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My oldest has autism and ADHD and we discovered that the best place for him was Bethesda-area public MCPS, because the SN-friendly policies are nominally in place, and the wealthy and educated parent community have pushed those schools to actually implement them.

And since MCPS also offers 30+ AP classes in high schools, and the area itself is full of interesting extra-curriculars that are within easy drivable distance... it was a no-brainer to educate my other kids there as well.

Yes, I can afford a top private, and some of my kids have the appropriate academic and cultural profiles for those schools. But why would I, when they're getting what they need in public? I invest their education dollars in the stock market, so they can attend any undergrad and graduate school they want and get a house, car, whatever, from me.

K-12 education doesn't exist in a bubble, in other words. My goal is building and transmitting generational wealth, and education is only one part of that. Private K-12 isn't worth it when I have a better, "wealthy public", option.

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