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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because virtual school is dumb, but the private school knows it has to justify tuition. [/quote]

Private school parent of a HS student here. Our private school already justifies tuition even without virtual school during snow days.

1. School is not cancelled for ridiculous reasons. My kid was back in school on Thursday, January 29, following one true snow day on Monday and two remote learning days on Tuesday and Wednesday. All while MCPS students wasted time playing on their phones for an entire week.

2. Smaller class sizes...about half the size (or sometimes a third of the size) of MCPS.

3. Nicer facilities. Bathrooms all work and aren't closed. No vaping or other activities in bathroom (beyond some girls putting on makeup).

4. No grade inflation.

5. Teachers who are mission driven vs. benefit/salary driven.

6. Strong sense of community. Smaller overall class size (less than 100).

7. Amazing college counseling support. Lots of contact with counselor and counselor support for students seeking to get into certain schools. Some strong relationships with those schools that my DD wants to attend.

8. School was open during the pandemic.

9. Wonderful school trips for different groups of students (Spain, Austria, Costa Rica are recent trips).

10. Religion...this is a religious school. Having theology as a subject is something my daughter loves.

So for the PP, private school has SO MANY other reasons for a family to consider beyond school being open after a snow storm.[/quote]

I’m a private school teacher and I take issue with #5. I used to teach in a public school.

I’m both mission driven AND salary driven. Let’s be honest: teachers have to pay the bills. Language like “mission driven” and “vocation” is often used as justification to pay us less. Contrary to DCUM belief, many of us are not married to wealthy spouses. We simply chose private because we were tired of the hopelessness we felt in public, so tired of it that we willingly gave up higher pay.

Also, I was mission driven as a public school teacher. It isn’t fair to claim that they are all simply in it for selfish reasons. [/quote]

You make good points. 
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