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[quote=Anonymous]We have three in private, and are paying full tuition.  It's a huge strain on finances, and we talk every year about whether we should switch to public and save money.  However, we both regularly talk to various friends and neighbors with children at our local public schools (which are viewed as quite good in MoCo).  We hear enough stories and complaints that we have so far felt our investment in private school is worthwhile.  A lot depends on the private school you're at, and whether it's a good fit for your kids.  We have friends at other private schools where the situation sounds (at least from afar) not so much better than the local public school.

A good question to ask at each private school you might consider is how many kids leave the school each year, and where do they go.  At our kids' school, only one child in all the combined grade years has left for a local public school.  Any others who have left have been moving out of the area.  So I consider that a pretty good barometer of how our kids' school is viewed by the families there.  I know other private schools where lots more kids leave each year for local public schools, so those might have issues.

Indeed, I guess you could ask that same question the other way: How many kids leave your local public schools each year to attend one of the local private schools?  I gather it's a healthy number switching from public to private each years, but I don't know how it varies by school.[/quote]

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