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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because my kids thrive in our public school which is - gasp! - downcounty. The range of programs, the STEM offerings, and the diversity of the school community (racial, ethnic, and SES) is not something any private school could match. And while I do sometimes envy the smaller class sizes of privates or the lush campuses - literally worlds apart from our DCs’ public schools - I think the benefits of public for my children far outweigh those things.

Lastly, to what another poster noted, to send all three of my kids through private would total big money and I’d rather use that money for other things. The ROI on private school isn’t there for us.[/quote]

You are wealthy and you live downcounty? [/quote]

Yup! [/quote]

Me too. Both of my kids did CES, and the older did TPMS magnet and is in the Blair STEM magnet. Younger will be in middle school next year, but had no luck with the magnet lotteries. We liked the STEM opportunities in the public schools, and we needed to be centrally located for one parent commuting into downtown DC and the other to Columbia, MD.

We considered moving the younger to private for middle school, but decided that the local school's outcomes are good enough if our child makes the most of it, and we don't want to overload them if they're not actually motivated or as brilliant as we think they are. If necessary, we could hire a private tutor for less than the $35k+ private school cost. We'll save that money for grad school (college is already funded through 529 plans with the money we [i]didn't[/i] have to spend for private school so far.)[/quote]

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