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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we mostly purchased a nice experience for him rather than better academics.  The campus was nicer, the small community was nurturing and cozy, the specials and field trips were nicer, and so on.[/b]  But the actual learning was fine but not anything he wouldn't have gotten at the neighborhood school.  So we are pleased that he had such a nice experience that he will look back on fondly, but if I knew then what I know now, I probably would not have paid over $130,000 for it.

THIS exactly. however I would have still paid the money for the experience but only if you can comfortably afford to do so. In my experience the private school academics are nothing spectacular nothing you can't get from a public school.[/quote][/quote]

We are moving our children from public to private school for their middle school years (our oldest starts next year) and then back to public for high school (we hope). And the experience is a major reason why. We are sending them to a beautiful campus where they will spend a lot of time outdoors, will have small class sizes, awesome field trips, opportunities to play on sports teams, enriching arts, an emphasis on learning independence and stewardship, [i]and[/i] great academics. Are the academics better than in our public middle school? No, I don't think so. But I think my child will do just as well academically in private or public. So, a large part of why we are sending her is the experience and the small community. She will still have lots of close neighborhood friends when she transitions to back to our public high school.

And yes, I [i]badly[/i] need to remodel our ugly kitchen and horrible/gross bathrooms, but I think this is worth it, so I'll wait...

OP, McLean schools are known to be very good. I don't think you can go wrong sending them to public, but each child is different so it's hard to tell. I believe class sizes can be big (my sister told me there were about 30 kids in her child's elementary class in McLean) but I don't think it's been a problem for them. Annoying, but not a real issue. The McLean privates bring in kids from all over the area so I don't think it's a reflection on the McLean schools which are considered to be some of the best public schools in the country.[/quote]

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