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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We applied to only those three schools for our kids because we wanted a secular, co-ed, K-12 school that was convenient for our location, and those three have the best reputations within that small set of criteria. [/quote]

Sidwell is not secular.  [/quote]

It’s not Quaker. [/quote]

My Sidwell enrolled kids would disagree with you, based on their lived experience.   Do you attend?

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I did. It’s not Quaker. The price tag alone tells you that. [/quote]

Nah. Sidwell tuition is squarely in line with the tuition of other K-12 Quaker schools that are located *within the city limits* of large East Coast cities.  Particularly NYC, Philly, Providence and Baltimore.  Baltimore Friends is somewhat less, but of course so are Baltimore homes, salaries, everything.   Same for Wilmington Friends, in a city that I just learned from the interwebs is 51% less expensive of a city to live in than Washington DC

I hope you're not thinking of the practically rural SSFS as your point of comparison?

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Exactly right. None of these supposedly Quaker schools are actually Quaker. They like to tout their values but their price tags tell the true story. No true Quaker would believe that over $50k/year is in line with the Quaker values of simplicity and care for the Earth. It’s marketing and it works. [/quote]

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