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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tuition increase email came out. Holton next year will be $60,535 for all grades. Any other schools cross the $60k threshold?? Woof. [/quote]

I understand DMV is full of ultra-rich people. But for most UMC families without generational wealth, this is shockingly expensive for an elementary school. I mean, it is college tuition price.

How do one justify this?  No matter how much you emphasize education, isn't this ridiculous? How can such a school (including those with $57k) have any
Is social justice a value and inclusive? Doesn't make all DEI statements totally empty words as the price will shut out diverse people? [/quote]

The same way people justify spenidng on any luxury good. Do you ask people how they justify buying a Mercedes?

As for being inclusive, at our private, 25% of students are on financial aid. I won't pretend it's as diverse as our nearby public, but it's not entirely lacking either.[/quote]

It is just so hard to process these numbers. The result is that even richer people will be able to make this investment. It used to be like HHI for 400K is possible. Now it will be 500K. Then, in the future, it will be 800K. That means only MDs, JDs, and hedge fund people can afford it.  People with regular jobs or PhDs will not be able to afford it unless they have family wealth. [/quote]

Which is what the rich people want. And there are enough of them to fill these schools. The schools know this and will keep increasing tuition   Supply and demand. 
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Yet in 60k schools parents still supplement  math and music class. [/quote]

We certainly don’t. [/quote]

There is no need for math, unless your student can't keep up.  Music, perhaps, especially if seeking to go to a conservatory or similarly advanced program for college.  View it the same as athletics which we definitely do supplement through club sports and private lessons for our daughter's specific position.  [/quote]

That’s irrelevant to private school, though. That would be true no matter what.

My sister went to Juilliard pre-college. That doesn’t mean her NYC private school was somehow deficient.[/quote]

Sounds like we are in violent agreement.  [/quote]

Maybe, but the person who brought up math and music supplementation at private schools clearly meant it as a slight on private schools. [/quote]

That person is clearly an idiot.  Public schools are cutting music and arts left and right.  [/quote]
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True, but sending your child to public school frees up 60k that can be used to buy a lot of high quality privately provided enrichment (including music and art lessons.)[/quote]

Music and art lessons can’t replicate what a good private school can do. [/quote]

These discussions are so random. It is, of course, not about music and art. Parents should expect a $60k education to be of the highest caliber, with strong academics, including strong writing, math, and science; strong foreign language; strong art and music; and ample opportunities for sports; strong social emotional development. Simply comparing it to a free public school and determining whether it is "better" is not enough. Can it really deliver on its promises? Can it be justified for the huge tuition increase?

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+1. Everyone is just trying to justify their decisions to themselves.[/quote]

Which is fine. What annoys me is anytime we question the value of the very expensive Big 3 or the equivalently expensive schools , they yell at us to go back to Public schools. [/quote]

I don’t care if you question the value.

I care that you question it from a place of ignorance.

It’s very clear you don’t have experience with these places.

I’m more than happy to answer questions. What I don’t have patience for is posters making it obvious they’ve never done more than maybe read a website or talk to a neighbor with a kid at one of these schools.

So if you want to engage in a measured discussion, let’s do it. But ask substantive questions. [/quote]

The substantive question is what makes a 60K school worth is for the lower school experience than a 20K cheaper K-8? [/quote]

I’ll state as previous PP - driving to extracurriculars is a huge unrealized cost.  At our private my kid gets private 1:1 executive coaching for her ADHD.  The (school approved) coach literally comes to the school and integrates DD’s coursework into her sessions.  We also get private 1:1 piano lessons.  She also takes group cooking lessons, strategic games (incl chess), and archery.  There are a ton more activities to choose from. We pick her up at 5p (after work) - by then she has her homework completed (or mostly completed).  Then it’s just dinner and quality time.[/quote]

Sure, but that applies at a $60K and $40K school.[/quote]

"She also takes group cooking lessons, strategic games (incl chess), and archery."  These worth 60K? This is so dystopian.  Are private schools more expensive than those in the USA? We pay $$$ so the kids can have some fun activities and be safe. The more you guys reply, the more I see the disparity and darkness.

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Huh? “More expensive than those in the USA”? No idea what you’re talking about.[/quote]

Typo. What I meant is that private schools in the USA are perhaps the most expensive in the world. And DMV private schools are among the more expensive ones. I really hope that at least they pay teachers better. If they don't, it is a terrible system. 
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