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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are about $325k HHI w 2 kids in a $20ish - k per year school. It hurts, and I'm pained by people who assume we're wealthier than we are. Having said that, this whole thread ignores wealth (not income), which is a huuuuuge deal when it comes to all of this. For us, it started with a bad DCPS experience and we just wound up a little... stuck (?) in our private. Now with middle school, it seems hard to pull away from friends and community, especially after the drama of the last two years. Did we make the right decision? I'll never know. It's probably best to make a plan for a year and reassess based on where your family and kid is at.[/quote]

At $325 spending 40k, is the "hurt" because you have to forgo things that you had in the past or the general opportunity cost of not investing that money or using it other ways?

I make way less than you, and am looking at spending a similar % of gross income. I can't decide if it's an amazing opportunity or an I'll advised money suck.  I will never know unless I try.

I also know that my experience with this one kid at this one school is not generalizable to others because mileage varies.[/quote]

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