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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many of us are in lousy school clusters (or entire counties), 07:46. Yes, I know, some aren't, but most people in my DS's independent school are there after trying the public route for the oldest child, deciding it wasn't going to work, and switching. So for me (lousy public option) paying 20% of my after tax income for school, while living in a small crappy house and paying 15% of take home on mortgage, still leaves us with a decent quality of life. The key for us is if we're going to do private we must stay in the small crappy house or else the finances don't work. Since we like the school more than we care about housing it works fine.[/quote]

Why not just move to a better house in a good school district?[/quote]
   
Because my DH works for the federal government. IMHO, there are no good public school districts in the DMV. Public education as a whole is pretty crappy nationwide. NONE of my college friends went to private, but all of us are sending our DC to private schools. It is very frustrating. We would prefer to go public.[/quote]

If you really feel this way, have you visited any of the public schools and looked at the work the students are doing?[/quote]

OK, since you've been snarky about it, have you visited any of the private schools and noticed that, more and more, the kids populating private schools are the ones who are disruptive and unable to keep up with the kids in their public school class?  Plenty of parents start paying lots of money for tuition - hoping that the small classes will be magic -- only to find that their child is sitting in a classroom full of children with behavior and social problems.  It is a wake up call for many. [/quote]

Apologies for seeming snarky. It was not my intent. What you probably picked up on is frustration that we are facing private tuition bills when it is not our preference to send our kid to private school. DC is not at a "first tier independent" - it is a second tier that sends about 25% of the students on to Top Tier (DCUM big 3 / big 5 schools). Re behavior issues - kids are kids, I'm sure those issues will be handled. [/quote]

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