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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Once you start in private it can be really hard to leave.[/b] If finances are tight enough you can't see paying for it K-12, I recommend starting out in public. You might find out public works well for your child and you never need to move over to private.[/quote]

Genuinely curious why this is.  Is it because your kids friends are all there, and it's hard to leave them?  Is it because you've gotten used to things being good and it's hard to go to something that might not be as good?[/quote]

NP here.  As a parent who sacrifices all over the place to send one kid to a NWDC independent year after year (when our IB is Murch/Deal), I'll answer.

It's very hard to consider leaving the amazing environment.    It's the entire milieu, not just one aspect.   Also, separately, the entire curriculum is significantly different in the first 6-8 years (not essential math, obviously, but the arts, humanities and especially the social curriculum).

Some of it is inertia, and a little part of it is our child's friendships.   But mainly, it's hard to be at peace with switching out the day-to-day environment.   They're not actually interchangeable, as people on DCUM would have you believe.

This... my husband and I are now planning to keep our children in private school.
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