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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deeply moved by the terrible suffering in this thread.  Thoughts and prayers are with all of you.[/quote]. You can belittle it, but there are people who lose friends over this or have fights with family and, as a result, do suffer.

My younger DD can attend her private school because of a combo of generous FA and deep sacrifices at the household level of our family. I don't think we're better or smarter than anyone else. We have a specific set of needs and the school has a matching set of solutions. I don't think our school would be the best placement for every child. I don't even think it would have been the best placement for my older child.

If someone else feels insecure because of the choices I make for my child's education, that is on them.

I have a bit more sympathy for people who argue that taking a gifted kid out of the struggling public is helping to pull down the test scores, but it's not that child's responsibility to prop up a broken system. I say this as a teacher and parent. I once advised a parent to pull her DD out of my unevenly performing public at the semester although she was the top performer in my IB class. It was what was best for the girl. She did a virtual high school for the rest of the year and then enrolled in a Catholic school with an IB program. The family still sends me holiday cards every year. [/quote]

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