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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]P.S. I have friends who have invited me to their kids' functions at Beauvoir/National Cathedral School, and school events are held....in the cathedral. I mean, that is not a remotely normal American experience. When I was growing up, school events were held in the auditorium that doubled as a gymnasium where we had gym class. And it was perfectly fine.
 
Look if you are not comfortable with how much money Americans spend on stuff, then why send your kids to a school where they will be hanging around with families that have HUGE amounts of extra income and spend lavishly and think that is normal?[/quote]

Agree. I think this is more of a class discussion than anything. Do you want to be part of/have your kids be part of the upper class? Do you want to meet those people daily? Do you want your kids to have expensive tastes?

I grew up decidedly middle class (not "DC middle class") and I'm so glad I have Toyota tastes not BMW tastes, because it means we have more money for other things that are not material, and we do those cheaply too. I am hoping my kids do not grow up thinking money is everything. And that's maybe what you're in for when your kids are aware they are rich, their entire lives. I realize if you actually do have money and "pretend" you don't that's kind of obnoxious also, I don't think we're in that category though. But, I was brought up to think working class values are better than upper class values. Maybe that's another form of snobbery but it's why I'd never go private unless we lived someplace that didn't have any good schools at all. DC does.[/quote]

OP here. This is really NOT a class discussion at all. I want my kids to be in the best education environment we can afford. If that means that they will be surrounded by the richest kids in DC so be it, but I would never purposefully enroll my kids in a school because they will be able to be surrounded by rich kids. I have nothing against any type of class or richness levels. If what’s best for my kids is small class size (as I suspect especially for the elementary school years) and we can afford it, then that is what I want for them. I am comfortable rubbing elbows with the richest and poorest people in DC as long as they care about their kids’ education. [/quote]

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