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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's possible the well-regarded independent and parochial schools could even get more/stronger applicants as a result of tuition increases at the "name" K-12s. My kids attended a well-regarded independent  K-8 that cost much less than $35K. There were fewer fancy frills, of course, in the way of fabulous gyms and cafeterias serving organic vegan options, but we didn't miss these.

I do think it's more expensive to educate HS kids than ES kids because you need science labs and such. But there has to

When I went to private school in the 1970s, at the most prestigious of my city's private schools, the student population consisted mainly of 1. the rich (old money that had been doing private for generations plus new money and yes, although I'm not the car dealership poster, we had one if these), 2. Teachers' kids who were getting a discount, and 3. Kids for whom the perfectly good publics weren't working out for whatever reason. I wonder if we 're going to see a return to that.[/quote]

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