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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We made double that amount [b]twenty years ago,[/b] also lived in NOVA, and it never occurred to us to send our smart kids (and they sound a lot like your smart kid) to private.  I’m sure your middle school and high schools are just fine, and it’ll do your kid some good to be exposed to different levels of intellectual ability, family and cultural backgrounds, and economic diversity.

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That’s because public around here was still relatively OKAY TWENTY YEARS AGO

Things have changed and that an understatement

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They made $800k in the 90s — can you imagine how good their life has been???[/quote]

It was actually the early 2000s, and the actual amount was in the 900s.  Our public school (and top college) educated kids are now raising their own kids in the DMV (in the houses we helped them buy) and are also using the public schools.  We’re all close and they rely on us a lot for child care so we have a pretty good feel for how the public schools are and remain satisfied with them.

If you’re truly wealthy, God Bless You.   But if you’re not, and if your kids fall somewhere in the wide band of “normal,” it’s very hard to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars a year on private schools.  There’s just not a good or even measurable enough return.  It’s all about the parenting and the peer group - not the school.  [/quote]

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