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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At some places it is much more visible than others. My kid goes to a private school with plenty of wealth (not TT but good school) and it exists but isn't too bad. We are upper middle class - paying full price but it is not easy for us. So I would be aware if there was truly visible wealth as we don't have a place out east, vacation but nothing too extravagant, nice apartment but nothing super (kids share a room), etc.[/quote]

We were actually in a similar situation to yours - middle class income at a 'good' non-TT school without too obvious visible wealth - but ended up leaving due to rampant bullying; the popular kids sniffed out right away that our kid was less wealthy than they were and they made her life miserable for it. So I think that even when there's no obvious display of wealth it can be a bit of a minefield; if anything it might be a bigger problem at lower-tier schools because people are more jealous of their positions in the hierarchy when they're not at a place where every smart kid goes to an Ivy.[/quote]

This is so perceptive thank you for writing this. A shitty community really makes or breaks the experience and I can see how much it varies even between grades at our preschool between each of my kids class. I know you mentioned you would prefer not to disclose the school but are you able to share any generalities ie whether single sex, upper east side, coed etc?[/quote]

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