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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi everyone,

Please help me understand (since I did not grow up in this country); say you live in Montgomery County, which has an excellent public school system: what would be the advantage of sending your kids to pricey private schools, like e.g. Sidwell Friends. 
I am not being cynical, I am trying to think forward; our twins are only 2 years old and we live in NW DC.  I grew up in a country with free education, so I am just trying to consider what would be best, including maybe moving to Montgomery County which I know has an excellent (best in the country?) public school system.  One of my friends live in Montgomery County, but they send all of their kids to private schools. Is there an advantage for later on when they enter higher education? Thanks![/quote]

I live in upper NWDC and my husband and I considered moving to Montgomery County and sending our twins (now 12 year old) to MCPS when they were 8 years old.  I remember having a conversation with a friend who told me something I will never forget.  She said "I don't know why you are thinking about moving to Montgomery County.  You will end up sending your kids to private school anyway."  And, we are so glad we did not do it because most of the friends we know who live in Montgomery County send their kids to private school in middle and high school.  We love our house in a sought after neighborhood DC and would have regretted the decision to sell and move to the suburbs and still be paying private school tuition.  And, the kicker would be that we would not have been able to afford to move back in our DC neighborhood because we bought before the market went crazy and got a good deal.  Just food for thought...[/quote]

Yep, PP, this is us. Rue the decision to move to Bethesda. [/quote]

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