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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both kids went the private for high school after mostly very good experiences in DCPS (and a DC charter school).

I don't love the money we spent (and they went to Catholic schools so while it was big money it wasn't BIG money) and wish we had more family vacations, but overall it was the bettter choice for both, for different reasons.

DC 1 went to SJC for the Benilde program, providig supports for mild learning issues

DC 2 went to a more academic Catholic school and did very well.

I was talking with some friends who had kids in DCPS one day when I suddenly realized that private school had really removed a stressor from my life.  I can't describe what it was, precisely, but dealing with the school was just easier, more straightforward, fewer days off to juggle, fewer regular money/fundraiser stress, nicer facilities.  I have long been a vocal supporter of DCPS and treasure the time spent in elementary and middle school, kids had wonderful teachers, made lifelong friends (the kids and also us parents) but somehow not dealing with DCPS was just.... a relief of pressure I didn't even realize we had.  [/quote]

Thanks for putting this into words. I feel the same - we have kids in DCPS (elementary and finishing middle) and our oldest has applied private for HS. I am sad to leave DCPS (if she gets in and chooses to) in some ways, but when I imagine how much less space in my brain I will have to dedicate to pushing this boulder up a hill - the advocacy, the emailing, the budget crises, all of it - I sense I will feel relieved. Not a reason to do it, but a nice side effect if it happens. I am very much stressed about the $$, however. [/quote]

Just FYI…I don’t quite understand what PP means when she says the “regular fundraiser/money stress” at SJC vs DCPS is gone.

There will be fairly often fundraising emails and various club (and off season sports training fees) fees at a school like SJC.  You can obviously ignore the fundraising fees (but not the club or sports fees).

Having a kid at both SJC and DCPS for HS, there isn’t much difference from that perspective…and actually the HSA fundraising pleas for DCPS HS are quite minimal.[/quote]

Depends on how involved you were as a parent in your public school. In private shcools, they have development departments paid to manage all the fundraising -- parents just get invitations. In public school, it is all on the parents to plan, organize, ask for money and answer, and then spend it for the school. Completely different.[/quote]

This is specific to SJC and DCPS.  SJC also has parents heavily involved in fundraising, however, they raise it for the school and not for an independent PTO/HSA.

All that said, I doubt PP was actually running their PTA or they would have mentioned that.[/quote]

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