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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We can easily afford private but use(d) public in a NoVa top pyramid.

Our reasons:
Didn't want to do the obscene wealth scene.  Either for us or normalizing for our kids.
Wanted a strong sense of local community - close-by friends, walk to school, adults who know them and see them around in the community, etc.
Have kids who are NT and not lost in the crowd types so thought they would be ok.  Always said we would re-evaluate if this factor became an issue.
Social life at smaller privates can be great or really not great.  Smaller pool of peers.
I have one kid who is very into the arts and these tend to be a lot stronger programs at a big public.  So when it came time to consider ok maybe private high school, this was a clear no.  For the other kid, when it came to this same time, that kid was very entrenched socially and doing great.

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Many publics have the obscene wealth as well.  Don't think that's isolated to privates.[/quote]

I am the PP.  I don't agree.  But always valid to have different opinions.  I'm at a wealthy public school.  I happen to have a sibling in the area with kids at a private.  It's different ballgame in both the depth of wealth of some of the individuals and the overall percentage of people at a certain wealth point.   Homes, second homes, vacations, general lifestyle, hired help, etc.  [/quote]

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