Anonymous
11/15/2023 16:30
Subject: Re:How do people afford it?
OP, too many replies for me to check to see if this has already been said.
For heaven's sake, don't liquidate your home savings to pay for private school. Because of my husband's income, our HHI is $550K-$750K and if I weren't an employee at a top private getting tuition remission, I wouldn't sell assets to send my kids to these schools. (We get the remission but not any additional financial aid, of course.)
Yes, these schools are wonderful and your kids will benefit. But it shouldn't be at the expense of your financial security. Your income isn't at all high considering it will cost $200K pre-tax to send two kids to school -- every year for many years.
Enroll in a public school, supplement with tutoring, experiential learning and travel, and great summer programs. And get to know all your children's friends parents especially in the teenage years -- because stuff flies under the radar at publics more easily than in small private schools. You'll get the same result, minus the obnoxiousness of saying "top 3."
For heaven's sake, don't liquidate your home savings to pay for private school. Because of my husband's income, our HHI is $550K-$750K and if I weren't an employee at a top private getting tuition remission, I wouldn't sell assets to send my kids to these schools. (We get the remission but not any additional financial aid, of course.)
Yes, these schools are wonderful and your kids will benefit. But it shouldn't be at the expense of your financial security. Your income isn't at all high considering it will cost $200K pre-tax to send two kids to school -- every year for many years.
Enroll in a public school, supplement with tutoring, experiential learning and travel, and great summer programs. And get to know all your children's friends parents especially in the teenage years -- because stuff flies under the radar at publics more easily than in small private schools. You'll get the same result, minus the obnoxiousness of saying "top 3."
Anonymous
11/15/2023 14:17
Subject: How do people afford it?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, after my experience in bad public schools getting several of my teeth knocked out by an angry classmate while we were in class I have chosen to spend much of my discretionary income putting my kids in a different environment. I have no regrets about this.
Funny, I had two front teeth knocked out/chipped in separate incidents at my fancy private.
No you didn’t…unless those incidents occurred while playing sports.
Incidents like this happen during middle school recess at private schools all the time. Private school kids aren’t special snowflakes of ethics and kindness.
Exceptions don’t make a rule. My children attended “great” Ward 3 DCPS schools through 8th grade. Now they attend a “Big 3” private school. I don’t believe that private school kids are “special snowflakes of ethics and kindness.” However, I know that my children’s school would NEVER tolerate the chair throwing, hitting, and cursing (at both fellow students and teachers) that my children witnessed on a regular basis…often INSIDE the classroom.
Don’t insult anyone’s intelligence by trying to pretend that equivalent behavior is typically found at both types of school. One school can quickly show the misbehaving child the door. The other school has to often spend years trying to remove a violent child.
Preach.