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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a parent who has spent $$$$ on a top flight non DC private. I think the answer is no. One factor you haven’t considered is that parents like me are more likely to be top school alums themselves. Between all those factors, I think it doesn’t much change admissions outcomes. And it certainly isn’t why I pay for private. [/quote]

Same, but we're in DC.

I don't think our teens will end up at more competitive universities than our neighbors' kids at public HS, controlling for confounding variables.

I am certain they're getting different education experiences right now.  Sometimes, it's the journey[/quote]

This. I want my kids not just to have a *good* education but also a pleasant education. Both me and my spouse went to publics, spouse to TJ, and me in a differentiated T&G program within my neighborhood school. We both found the experience frustrating and wanted to opt out of the bureaucracy. It’s just a better experience, both for us as parents and for our kids as students.

We aren’t as rich as some people in this thread, but it also isn’t a huge strain financially. We aren’t trying to buy our kids’ way into Yale. We are trying to buy *our* way *out* of the public school experience. [/quote]

This is us too.

It’s gotten frustrating watching our County use certain years as “experiments”.   Then if something does not work, like compacted math, the grades caught in the middle of it are screwed over.  There’s also the fact that 18 out of 20 Clubs are “girl only”.  And they really shove way too hard with the lbgtqcis, etc stuff.  I’m all for gay marriage, etc.- but do 10-year olds really need a lgbqtcis club before they even hit puberty?[/quote]

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