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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suppose pointing out that there are houses available in the Reston Herndon area that would be less expensive, saving money on the mortgage for more travel and the like, and feed into some great MS and very good HS with AP classes.

There are some excellent public schools in FCPS that provide a great education and experience and you don't have to buy a million dollar home, but they don't have the prestige that I suspect the OP actually wants. I don't know MCPS but I would guess that there are some very good public schools there. But OP has decided that all the public school are awful or will be awful and that the only why her kids can get a great education is to go private.

And that is cool. OPs problem is that her husband knows that she is wrong and sees that the cost of the private schools are not worth it for their family. And people here are saying the same thing. But this isn't about economics, it is about prestige and being able to say that the kids went to school X and that they are so much better then those kids who had to go to public schools and aren't we the best parents ever because we scrimped and saved to pay for our $1.2 million house and private schools for the 3 kids.

Kind of ridiculous.

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WTAF I could give a rats tail about prestige. All I want is my kid to be learning my for most of the day in school, have a reasonable size house for my family, and not have a 2 hr commute. HERNDON?? To Capital Hill?? Do you own a private helicopter??

I personally like a lot of FCPS and MCPS, but the ones with decent commute are way way more expensive now and represent taking on debt NOW vs the slow pain of private and college. Neither option is great, though I am surprised we seem to be too poor for private but got zero aid. [/quote]

Okay OP, I’ll play. What do you want here? You’ve gotten commiseration about the fact you’re facing hard choices that feel unfair. You’ve gotten practical suggestions for cutting your budget, either by changing to public schools or to free up some budget space while you stay with private. You’re unlikely to get affirmation that you’re right except for the tongue-in-cheek version. You’re still engaged here (and kiddos for that). But what do you want? No one can magically make you richer or private school (or anything else) cheaper. No one can make the budget balance better without you making sacrifices and choices. So how can we help?[/quote]

Unclear what cuts in budget make private school work — they keep saying move some where cheaper like a condo, but I know long term that also would be a huge hit on savings by reduced appreciation/condo fees.  Did I miss something else?[/quote]

Cut out travel and the house cleaners and you should be able to save for college + a rainy day.

Or cut out some of the $1100/month you spend on kids activities and keep some of the travel budget, since your perception is that you are getting so much enrichment at private compared to public.[/quote]

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