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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not meant to be snarky, but OPs frugal nest egg lifestyle valuing their nest egg higher than education (I.e. not paying for schools from the 350k) is consistent with a public school warren Buffett lifestyle. Why even consider privates? And I hope my donations don't support this. Private school is a lifestyle choice. I personally can't stand this attitude. If we couldn't afford private my wife or I would literally get second jobs because of the tremendous experience our children have. We don't even think about college admissions - for us focused on each day we just love our kids experience at their private.

I'd cash that stock out in a heartbeat. Call me foolish. In my experience it will come back to you two or three fold. [/quote]

I'm not sure about this, and I'm speaking from experience.

We had three in private for many years and truly feel their experiences there were special. Oldest graduated from a private HS and is thriving in college.

BUT - it just cost us so much money. We had to do something, 90k a year when both DH and I were already working and making less than 150k just wasn't enough. We never had money for vacations, home repairs or family emergencies. We maxed out several credit cards. Forget about vacations. There was nothing left for that. There was nothing left for summer camps either. It was really stressful.

SO now we're doing public. This is the first year, so we'll see how it goes. So far I feel the academics are comparable, or even better than, their private school. The differences I notice are more social/emotional. The public middle and high schools around here are just so large, and the daily schedule is so packed that it doesn't provide a lot of time for socializing, seeing teachers for extra help, or team building. There's lunch and that's about it. No wonder sports are emphasized so much -- it is one way to make the very large community feel smaller.

I haven't made up my mind yet on public vs private. All I know is that many parents are like us -- we make too much for FA and we make too little to really afford private school tuition. I'm all for making sacrifices for education, but there comes a point where it's just impossible,[/quote]

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