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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My in-laws are willing (and easily able) to pay for private for our kids. They made the same offer to all school-aged grandchildren and our SIL/BIL took them up on it. But I think we want to turn them down. Our first is in 3rd grade in a Whitman cluster elementary and our second is still in preschool. We like our current school, our future schools, and DCs little group of friends. Both DH and I went to public high schools. Kids don't seem to have any special learning or social needs that would make private an obvious advantage. I know privates are "better", but we are happy where we are. Thanks in part to both sets of grandparents and our personal contributions, 529s have enough money in them to cover four year private college plus grad school so we don't need to direct the offer to other types of educational assistance. Is it short sighted to say thanks but no thanks to the private school offer? [/quote]

Don’t ever go to an open house for a private school.  You can unsee it. IYKYK.[/quote]

I'm not sure what you mean but we thought our public school was good until we went to a few selective private school open houses and now we are spending almost 6 figures per year for our 2 kids in middle school. The differences are stark and hard to un see.[/quote]

Exactly my point. Yes, some folks will lose the ability for second homes or massive multi-week annual vacations, but your children’s growth makes it all worth it.  I came from public education thinking it was amazing.  It was good. But nothing like private or parochial.

I’ll be blunt: [b]If you get the opportunity to get it for free and say no, you are a fool[/b].  [/quote]
This is ridiculous.  Every kid is different, and many will thrive in a large, excellent public school like Whitman. 
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You have no idea what you are comparing that to. Many kids are resilient enough to survive Whitman and navigate the broken system enough that they manage to get to a great college, but why would you put your child through that when they could be in a school that is built for strong students to excel? And what about their high school peer group? How much time do you want your kid to spend with the lowest tier of kids who would never be in a top private school?[/quote]

This is exactly why you should keep your happy and well adjusted kids in the public they are thriving at.[/quote]

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