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Because my DH works for the federal government. [b]IMHO, there are no good public school districts in the DMV[/b]. 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]

Where do you live?  This is so, so untrue.  And there are great public opportunities nationwide.  I'm a product of public schools - my high school in the late '80s was basically the equivalent of Wakefield in Arlington County today, very mixed economically, many challenges.  I'm an Ivy grad, and also a Fed, and wanted a strong public district for my DC - there are many options in the DMV, we actively looked for a good district before buying a house, and we're very happy where we are.  The only reason we'd go private is if some issue were identified that public couldn't address.  And FWIW, most of my college friends send their kids to public, here and elsewhere.[/quote]

Who the F cares why you and your college friends send your kid to public? This thread is about people who send their kids to PRIVATE school so stop trolling on here hating on those that can afford to send their kids to private school and or choose private over public b/c its their opinion that private is better. You have your opinion and we have ours. So tired of these public school parents looking through private school posts for every opening to promote why they are so proud of their choice to go public. F off.

And to address the OP's question, we are at about 20% of net HHI income going towards tuition for 2 and we love getting that money withdrawn from our account every month (we are on the 10 pay plan) so our kids learn some manners, get individual attention, and don't have to go to a trailer in the back for math class due to overcrowding or have a teacher that teaches an art less from a rolling cart.  See:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-fairfax-more-teachers-go-mobile-due-to-lack-of-available-classroom-space/2013/12/24/2fe4f17e-6cbb-11e3-b405-7e360f7e9fd2_story.html[/quote]

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