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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your family can afford private school but you opt-in to public school, why?

As you can guess from the question, we can afford private but for a variety of complicated reasons decided to go public. A big one of which was that we went to public school ourselves and turned out fine. I now find myself continually second-guessing myself with a bit of a “grass is greener” perspective. I feel like if I can afford private I should, and that I need to justify the decision to myself to continue to go public.

Would be helpful to hear from other people in a similar situation.

(I hope this question doesn’t come off the wrong way. I know these boards get hella judgy and hopefully you didn’t read the title and get mad thinking someone was judging people who choose to go to public school. I also recognize we are in a good situation to be able to have the choice, and that my consternation about it is a luxury problem.)[/quote]

Here's my answer and it may be too snobby for this board but this is how I honestly feel.  If you are zoned for McLean schools, the academics for your child are going to be superior to most private schools that are feasible for your commute.  That is, I wouldn't pull my children from McLean high in favor of area privates.  I WOULD do it for Sidwell or St. Albans, that is, area privates that REALLY give you some cachet and plug you into the network of haves. But commuting to these are a pain from McLean. [/quote]

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