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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neighbors who do this (MoCo, W cluster) do it because:
- family 1: wanted a religion-based education, always planned to go private
- family 2: special needs kid, just felt like private was a better fit; never planned to go private
- f[b]amily 3:  status/want to show off money; have several kids, all in different privates and travel sports; probably always planned to go private[/b]
- family 4: both parents teach at the same private school, tuition is covered and it's convenient; would switch to public if the circumstances changed[/quote]

Hate to break it to you but parents show off money by getting a huge house, a country club membership, brand new cars ever few years and lavish trips.  They do not show off their money by spending it for a child to go to a school.  They don't.  I am not saying there are not people in private schools that do show off money, but most do not.  And there are plenty of parents that show off their money and save more of it for themselves by sending their kids to public.

Not sure what travel sports has to do with it either.  [/quote]

Most do not, but some do! I've known parents who flaunt their children's schools the way they flaunt the status symbols you mention above. It's pretty obvious, especially because most parents aren't like this. (Fist bumps to most of you parents at elite schools.) Maybe it's less obvious if you're also a parent at that private school, because why would they show it off to you? But when people name drop their child's school when it's irrelevant to the conversation ("Nice to meet you, have you tried the blueberry muffins at this brunch?...I used to stop for a blueberry muffin for my daughter Larla before dropping her off at Fancypants Academy....") I'd consider that showing off. [/quote]

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