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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on how easily you can spend $40K+ annually/child. It's not worth it if you have to make hard sacrifices. I'm not talk about having to fly coach instead of business; I'm talking about not being able to save for your own retirement. You'd be better off renting an apartment in a good public school district.

If you can easily afford the tuition, it's a very nice luxury to have. We've had no impactful teacher shortages (vs public schools, where students are going without teachers in critical subjects), small class sizes, lots of arts and music and PE actually built into the curriculum (don't need to rely on afterschool for this instruction), teachers and admin respond to emails in a timely manner, teachers spend a lot of time with students outside of class, facilities are great, etc. Parents and alum are very involved and willing to help out with everything from hosting class parties to offering high school internships.

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It's basically this for us. The $$$$$ for private was worth spending to us this year, as our kid moved into K and there were still tons of COVID-related teacher shortages, over-enrolled schools, etc., in our public system.

At the private, we had no staffing shortages, got lots of "customer-focused" service, small class sizes with 2 teachers per class, lots of enrichment, arts, hours daily of outdoor time on a lovely playground, outdoor lunch, etc. All of that was worth it for the first year of school during this weird transitional post-COVID lockdown time.

We'll be moving to public for 1st because those things have shaken out mostly now, and the $$$$$ for private is no longer worth it. The private, with all its pros, came with a weird insular, homogenous population, outdated educational philosophies, teachers who are undercompensated (and therefore the school can't be very selective), etc., etc.

The $$$$$ was a big stretch for us (= no savings this year), and it was worth it for what we needed it for. Now it's no longer worth it, and I'm glad we will have room in our budget to save + splurge occasionally, along with a more diverse group of families. I'll certainly miss the outdoor time and the customer service, but my kid is old enough now where those things don't bother me as much.

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I was following you until you said your kid doesn't need the good things now that they're 6.

I absolutely understand not having the money, but it seems a bit off to say your kid no longer needs the good things they have been taught are part of "school" because they are now in first grade.[/quote]

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