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We moved one DC from private school to one of those and while money was not a factor I have admit it was nice not to have to pay tuition! DC loved the school and got a great education. The sum total of PTA fees, sports boosters fees, sports uniforms and swag, donations to the Education Foundation, donations to various student led fundraisers, etc. probably totaled $600/year (and most of that was optional). I guess we paid for lunch. Freed up plenty of money for DC to do a summer international exchange program through the school and other school sponsored trips.[/quote]

+1.  We make enough that we could relatively comfortably pay tuition with major sacrifices, but no so much that tuition is irrelevant and it wouldn't be nice to have an extra $500k around per kid over the lifetime of the tuition.

We decided it just wasn't worth it anymore with such strong public options available.  There are pros and cons to each, ignoring the money, and we just didn't think it made sense to continue.

The fact that we knew tuition would continue to climb considerably was certainly a factor in that decision, both from a dollar standpoint and a principle standpoint.[/quote]

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