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[quote=Anonymous]PP who asked the question -- cost is THE reason.  I do believe that my children would probably get a better, more personal education with more fun learning in a private school.  While we *could* stretch to pay $60K/yr for the two of them, it just isn't something we're willing to pay when there is a sufficient alternative for $0.  I will say, my child in AAP is getting a better education than my child in gen. ed.  So, even in public school, there are degrees of quality.

We are o.k. with a "sufficient" education given that it means we save at least $600,000.

As a side note.  I know someone whose husband works at a well known private in NoVa.  He has been there for many years, but is not a teacher.  They could send their kids to that school, but they choose to send them to public elementary -- and they have recently re-chosen to send their kids to public ms/hs (as that is coming up next year for the oldest).  Friend's husband says that of all the teachers/admins he knows at this school, the ones he likes the most are the ones who went to public school.  The ones he finds to be odd went to private schools.

I'm not going to claim that public school is better quality than private, and there have been times I've really wondered about whether we could/should look into privates, but ultimately, we're more frugal/practical and we aren't willing to put ourselves in a financial straightjacket when an acceptable alternative is three blocks down the street.

I'm sure a Lexus IS nicer than a Toyota... but we drive Toyotas.... one is a 2004, the other is a 2009.  They get us where we need to go.  Public school is like a Toyota.[/quote]

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