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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those in Montgomery County, a not so well understood benefit of private lower school education is diversity. The public lower schools are pretty homogeneous whereas the leading private schools strive for diversity by offering financial aid to a significant number of students.  I personally think exposure to a diverse environment is more important at a young age than at any other time.[/quote]

Our MoCo public is 15% black, 9% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 42% white, and 7% multi-ethnic. It's lunacy to pay for private school just to get diversity when it's available in most publics outside of Bethesda and Potomac.[/quote]

As you seem to know, not everyone in MoCo lives in a school district that is as diverse as yours.  At the elementary school level I don’t think you can choose among the schools, i.e., you are more or less stuck with your neighborhood school (some of which have little URM population).   If someone lives in a non-diverse area of Bethesda or Potomac, I’m not sure that picking up and moving to Gaithersburg, Rockville or Silver Spring to find a diverse elementary school is any less “lunacy” than paying for private school.  Moreover, I doubt anyone thinks that enhanced diversity is the ONLY reason for choosing a private school at the elementary level.  Smaller class size and teachers that are committed to the students (instead of their unions and pensions) has been mentioned.

Choosing a school for one’s DC is a very personal decision.  A tuition bill that might seem daunting to one family may be a minor factor in another family’s decision.  Not sure why some seem so intent on “proving” that another family’s personal choice was “lunacy” when they can’t possibly understand that family’s situation.  
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