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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Because it made me want to vomit sending my kid to a school that was not available to all. Financial aid only goes so far and all private schools are bubbles. [/b]I do have complaints about our public, I know just as many private school friends who’ve had complaints as well and they’re paying $$$. I would rather invest $ snd energy into making public schools better. [/quote]

Meh. Not all public schools are, either. Like...many of the schools around here are only available to the kids whose parents make really high incomes and can afford to buy a $$$$ house in the school zone. Private has financial aid. There isn’t really financial aid for a mortgage or rent in N Arlington or McLean.[/quote]

I laughed at that post too.

I  digress, but "everyone can't get it" is a terrible reason to reject something for your child. Every kid can't have a stable home environment and hundreds of books but that's no reason to deprive my own children.

Different schools can be a great fit for the varying personalities and needs of children, and that's wonderful.[/quote]

I'm not that poster, but give me a break.  Either you're intentionally creating a false dichotomy or you're not very bright.

Public schools, regardless of their neighborhood, are required to educate every student.  Some of us - even those who went to fancy privates, like I did - don't want an environment where a bunch of snooty holier-than-thou elitists pick and choose which families may sit at their table.  Elitism is ugly.[/quote]
Lol! Might I direct you to the Arlington boundary threads? Phrases such as “peer group” or FARMs kids? [/quote]

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Are you actually arguing that public school parents - including the numerous ones who are on here telling you that they want to avoid the elitism of private school, even if they went there themselves - are as elitist as private school parents?  Are there some elitists in public?  Of course.  But if we tell you we can afford it but choose not to have our kids in that environment, I'm not sure why you'd argue.  YM, of course, MV.[/quote]

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