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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Small class sizes, sense of community, relationship with teachers, attention for quiet competent  kids that usually fly under the radar.[/quote]

This exactly. My firstborn is an orchid child. She is completely NT with an above-average IQ (WISC in the mid-120s) but she can easily fly under the radar and it’s wonderful to see how private school has drawn her out of her shell.

My second child is a scrappy assertive dandelion who could thrive anywhere and I am seriously debating whether spending $45k per year on her will give good ROI versus public. But I will probably have her join her sister just to be fair, and make it easier on us in terms of logistics.[/quote]

Parents are influenced by their upbringing- no one right answer.  My brother and I were poor and from a single mom who attended public high school in the northern suburbs of Chicago .  The school was excellent and as a consequence there were very few private schools nearby.  My brother and I were national level athletes and the level of competition in the private school league was nowhere the publics. Schools from the south suburbs and East St Louis were the teams to beat and it was a big deal to beat them. We did receive tuition grant offers to an excellent private in Lake Forest but a very small school wasn't going to work. When I moved here my kids thrived in the public schools and TJ so it never occurred to my wife and me to look at private.  They went to top 5 colleges so saving money was helpful. My brother- an portfolio manager managing billions could afford to send his kids to K-12 anywhere many times over. But he and his wife are public school grads and sent their kids to the local IB program. They are doing great today.  My brother and I have no social needs and wouldn't do things like join a country club although affording one would not be an issue. To each his own.[/quote]

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