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[quote=Anonymous]
What a fantastic response. Love it!

[quote=Anonymous]We were in a two top - notch public districts before switching to private last year.

First public school K to 3,
Second public school 4 and 5 (MOCO)

Then switched to private for 6th last year and now in 7th, same sex school.    We are average barely above middle class and no FA (yet).   All I can say is we feel every penny has been worth it.

Taking a very rough but conservative estimate of "benefits" for what I pay:
Same # school days	(175 compared to MoCO)
	Monthly Fee($)
	
Longer school days (1.5hr/day more)	$200
Music for class of 6 kids	$150
Extra class on Instrument ($20 * 4)	$80
Better Art Content	$100
Lot more number and relevant field trips by subject($50 * 1 avg monthly)	$50
FL Classes	$150
Team based camps (prorated)	$50
Break Fast + Lunch ($15 * 20)	$300
Olympiad Practice in Math in addition to regular math monthly	$50
Engineering Class additional	$100
Significantly more lab work and related material	$100
PE Games and Intra murals & saving me outside school work	$100
Richer Curriculum (world studies,  better instruments, etc)	$100
Much smaller class size = more price per student = more participation etc	$200
Teaching Style and work content	$100
Total, very conservative	$1,830
	
Cost of my child NOT saying "bored/unchallenged" any more; daily experience is valued more than ends of which college she would go to 	=  Priceless
	
I realize one might say the numbers above are estimated too high or too low.  But that is a rough price tag I would put.  My kid always said she barely learnt a thing in her public schools , the hot shot top rated ones that many smart kids have gone too over the years.  My kid loved her schools and had a great group of friends but the learning content was mediocre at best with many "useless" days.

Now she is not only super challenged, she enjoys each day and has for the past 1.5 years and vows to never shift again.

I will do my best to support her as much, that is my job as a parent.    [/quote][/quote]

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