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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine is 15k. A bargain! You need to find the no frills ones that provide a strong academic foundation at a reasonable cost. [/quote]

I think that thing doesn’t exist.
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Yeah, I think most parochial schools are pretty meh. If you're interested in the religious foundation, that's one thing (although couldn't you just use free Sunday school)?[/quote]

For many, the religious aspect is secondary to the MUCH higher expectations that Catholic schools have for their students. That's mostly what I was paying for. My son (called a loser previously) gave exactly what was expected and got straight As in public school. The work he handed in was most definitely not A work. He coasted through school thinking the work he was doing was fantastic when it wasn't. The straight As disappeared when he got to Catholic school. He had to work MUCH harder to get Bs. He developed an actual work ethic. The public school policies of retakes and no late penalties are awful for developing actual EF skills. [/quote]

This was our experience going from public middle school to Catholic HS. Our son was very strong in math but his writing skills were horrendous despite getting As on all his writing projects. In HS he actually learned how to write. My younger one went to Catholic throughout elementary into HS and she is a great writer by comparison. Aced the ACT english and reading sections with a 36 with no prep.[/quote]

This is not common. Many of the private schools I looked at had worse test results than our assigned public school. College admission results were also not that impressive. And that's after cherry picking the kids they accept. I couldn't find much justification. [/quote]

This is what I don’t understand … Private school doesn’t help your chances of getting into college (unless families are big donors to the college)… everyone I know who went to public schools are successful adults. Feels like we would be pissing away money if we sent our kids to private. We are top 5% income in this country (which doesn’t mean crap in DC anyway). Life is so expensive in general and you never know when you’re going to run into a financial minefield (caring for elderly parents and those associated expenses for one).[/quote]

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