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[quote=Anonymous]It was a nice offer OP. Now just respect their wishes.

I went to a private school in a non-DC area, but in a neighboring state. My parents could cover the tuition but could not keep up with all the expenses and the fund raising needed for me to "fit in." I ended up not feeling like I was part of the private school community AND not part of the local public school community. And, on top of that, the private school was founded to initially exclude black people, so the black professionals I meet in DC from my home area give me the side eye when I tell them where I went to school.

Feel like I am from nowhere and have little connection to my home area. Try to keep my high school on the down low in the DC because lots of black professionals here (who I work with) know going there (usually) meant you were raised by racists. On the plus side, I did receive a good education and have been successful in my career. Was able to move far enough away for many years that people had no idea where I went to school--and interacted with enough people that to shed the racist training.

There are many other issues beside tuition. [/quote]

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