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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in a PG county with several solid ES options and iffy middle and high schools with some selective programs that are highly regarded.

I generally believe in public schools and we are not aiming for a high pressure, highly selective school environment. If our kids get into top colleges, it will be because they were extraordinary, not because we pushed them to the max.

ILs have offered to pay private school tuition, no strings attached. I appreciate that this is an insanely generous gift, but I am still hesitating! Am I being stupid? I know a lot of our friends and family would look at me like I have three heads if I told them I was considering saying thanks but no thanks. But if we spent the same money moving to MoCo for the schools, no one would blink, and we like where we live.

The ILs will be supportive either way, it’s not about the gift. I don’t want my hang ups about the benefits of public school to keep my kids from something good, but I went to both types of school myself and I think it’s not an easy call. Is this stupid??[/quote]

hunh? this is extremely confusing

you never say what your hangup is or what the benefits of public are. are you saying youd rather them go to public school in pGC than private in DMV? or that you do want to take the money but for a new house in another county? no one can answer without knowing the schools and houses in the tradeoff. whats your DH think? what is your assigned school? are your kids actually extraordinary you say "if" -are they highly evloved/mature geniuses?

id just go to the public and tell them no thanks based on this so far. seems you are enjoy making a big production about this. how old are the kids right now?[/quote]

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