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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have really mixed feelings about private school. We can afford it, but I’m worried it’s not the best choice for our kids because I really believe in the importance of public schools and the power of succeeding in an environment where you’re not coddled. I think our neurotypical kid could probably do that. But where we live, switching to non-religious private school in upper elementary is hard. And that’s right when, anecdotally, satisfaction with the local public schools seems to plummet. So I’m also worried about ending up stuck or having to move during a sensitive social moment.

So I didn’t resolve any of those issues and now we’re just plowing ahead with private school. But I have no one to talk to about this irl, because being able to afford private school is obviously a huge privilege and a touchy subject. So is moving to a more expensive neighborhood for access to more uniformly affluent public schools that seem better managed.

It felt like I had so much time to figure this out and then bam, we’ve signed and it’s all in motion.

Anyway I know this is a caviar problem because of the money, but it is still hard. [/quote]

I think you did the right thing OP, because I think fundamentally, you believe that a private school education is better. Therefore, if you waited and then couldn’t get in, you probably would always regret it.

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OP “believes” private is better because it is. At least here in the DMV. My kids were in DCPS before we switched to a very expensive posh private school. Do I think they are missing out somehow because they don’t have to dive behind cars when the local gang walks through shooting the street up on a random Saturday (true story)? Do I think they need to be toughened up by making them ride the now dangerous and filthy metro system (coming from someone that only took metro for decades because I learned to drive late)? No. Not one bit. I cannot for the world understand why parents think street cred is more important than rigorous academics, refinement, and a disciplined approach to life. Get over yourself and off your high horse. Mediocrity, especially in education, is not a path to being holier than thou and your false sense of self righteousness is annoying to say the least. 
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My kid is in an expensive private school and rides the metro every day. It is not what you describe. It is laughable to think my kid has "street cred" because he rides the metro in DC.

On the flip side, most kids in our local public school never leave the safe neighborhoods of upper NW unless they are going to Georgetown or Bethesda.[/quote]

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