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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who would go private, won't you just f off private anyway and leave the spots at these great schools for those of us who need them and for whom private will never be an option.

Because we moved IB specifically for Oyster (and got a lot less house for the money than we would have in the burbs). We wanted to guarantee our kids' spots in a fantastic immersion school. Why pay for WIS when we can send our children to a school we love for what we pay in property taxes? However, WIS is number one on our list for high school.

So you go on about why pay for private, then state you will do private in high school??

Why is this concept so difficult for you to grasp? We moved IB/chose Oyster because it was/is/will continue to be our first choice for PK through 8th for our children. If Oyster was NOT an option, WIS would be our first choice for PK through 8th. Our IB high school (Wilson), DCI nor any other DCPS or charter is NOT our first choice for high school. My husband and I decided that our children would attend a private high school long before our first child stepped foot in Oyster. In the process, we are happy to save $350,000+ per child in tuition and fees. However, we are willing to pay about $150,000 per child to send them to WIS (or some other private we haven’t yet considered). That is our choice, and thankfully we can afford to have options.

Are you bothered that we have these options?

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Anonymous wrote:At Two Rivers and like it. Alternate choice would be Eaton.

They are pretty far, distance-wise from one another. Curious where you live that either would be feasible.

It's just a game, jeez! I didn't even consider location when I answered. (Not PP you quoted)

+1. It's just a game. Everyone calm down.

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Anonymous wrote:At Two Rivers and like it. Alternate choice would be Eaton.

They are pretty far, distance-wise from one another. Curious where you live that either would be feasible.

It's just a game, jeez! I didn't even consider location when I answered. (Not PP you quoted)

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who would go private, won't you just f off private anyway and leave the spots at these great schools for those of us who need them and for whom private will never be an option.

could go private and could comfortably go private are two different things. I'd do it if I had to (education is important) but not without some financial hardship (as in less money saved for retirement). Fortunately, I don't have to make this call till middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who would go private, won't you just f off private anyway and leave the spots at these great schools for those of us who need them and for whom private will never be an option.

Because we moved IB specifically for Oyster (and got a lot less house for the money than we would have in the burbs). We wanted to guarantee our kids' spots in a fantastic immersion school. Why pay for WIS when we can send our children to a school we love for what we pay in property taxes? However, WIS is number one on our list for high school.

So you go on about why pay for private, then state you will do private in high school??

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Anonymous wrote:^^. And our kids can walk to Oyster now. Later, they can walk/take the metro one stop to WIS for high school.

If they get in...

I'm sure they will. Thanks Hun!

Anonymous wrote:^^. And our kids can walk to Oyster now. Later, they can walk/take the metro one stop to WIS for high school.

If they get in...

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who would go private, won't you just f off private anyway and leave the spots at these great schools for those of us who need them and for whom private will never be an option.

There is no private that I like better than the public that my child attends. Moreover, the more who buy into public the better.

Look -- and I'm sorry to take the tread off topic -- if I and all my neighbors sent our kids to schools like Hearst, Eaton, Murch, Deal, Hardyl and Wilson ... you understand the trickle down effect that would have on thousands of kids from places like Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Columbia Hts and points east, right? There'd be no seats for OOB in OOB Hearst or Eaton-Deal-Wilson. Or 90% OOB Hardy.

Back to the OP, we'd take our spot as a matter of right at Deal, making it that much more crowded and that much more certain that there will be NO oob slots there in the near future.

Did you say trickle down economics?

Anonymous wrote:I don't know enough about any other school to say. I do like the idea of immersion though - so I guess maybe a spanish immersion school...?

We have a lot of friends at immersion schools: YY, MV, Stokes, and LAMB. Some love them more than others, but everyone seems to be genuinely happy with the opportunities they've lucked into.

I don't know enough about any other school to say. I do like the idea of immersion though - so I guess maybe a spanish immersion school...?

You are right. All the kids with educated parents who earn enough for private school should take their kids out of the publics. That would make them better. Oh wait, that is the opposite of true.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who would go private, won't you just f off private anyway and leave the spots at these great schools for those of us who need them and for whom private will never be an option.

There is no private that I like better than the public that my child attends. Moreover, the more who buy into public the better.

Look -- and I'm sorry to take the tread off topic -- if I and all my neighbors sent our kids to schools like Hearst, Eaton, Murch, Deal, Hardyl and Wilson ... you understand the trickle down effect that would have on thousands of kids from places like Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Columbia Hts and points east, right? There'd be no seats for OOB in OOB Hearst or Eaton-Deal-Wilson. Or 90% OOB Hardy.

Back to the OP, we'd take our spot as a matter of right at Deal, making it that much more crowded and that much more certain that there will be NO oob slots there in the near future.

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who would go private, won't you just f off private anyway and leave the spots at these great schools for those of us who need them and for whom private will never be an option.

There is no private that I like better than the public that my child attends. Moreover, the more who buy into public the better.