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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the honesty. What if we sent just one kid to private school, and the other two went to public school at least for K–6th grade? [/quote]

That seems a bit unfair to the other kids, unless there is a serious learning issue (I mean serious!).  The siblings will resent the one that gets the private school.

I'd suggest sending them all to public for K-6.  See how it goes.  You obviously think your K-6 is good, since you are willing to send 2 of your kids there.  SO assuming you are not a troll (I think from this statement you just might be), send all 3 kids to public from K-6 and see where you are financially and with retirement and college savings at that point.  Ask grandparents to contribute the $$$ they were willing to put towards private school towards college fund, or at least to save it for possible private MS/HS.

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We really like the private school that the oldest got into and it is highly competitive. The logic behind sending the oldest to this private is that (1) turning it down now might doom our chances of sending any of the three there, ever, and (2) having a sibling there could give the other two kids an edge in the admissions process if they want to transfer there, as it is very difficult to enter after K when there are few spots available. I think our public ES is fine, but our public MS has a lot of issues.[/quote]

Save 10K a year per child so that you can move to a better school district for middle school.[/quote]

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