Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are 3-6k parochial schools out there. Especially in south and Midwest. You don't have to live in th most expensive place AND send to private
As someone who lives in a moderately priced part of Silver Spring, in part because then I can afford Catholic, I'm trying to figure out how you expect people to earn DC area salaries while sending their kids to parochial school in GA.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:At 250k we couldn't swing it. This year, moved to 350k (new job), and with one left in mcps (a W school), we bailed: he will do private for the next 4 years.
How can you not afford one child on $250K?
DP.
Private HS is nearly $30k a year (or more, depending on the school). That’s a lot of money, and it definitely impacts saving for retirement and college.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:At 250k we couldn't swing it. This year, moved to 350k (new job), and with one left in mcps (a W school), we bailed: he will do private for the next 4 years.
How can you not afford one child on $250K?
Anonymous wrote:At 250k we couldn't swing it. This year, moved to 350k (new job), and with one left in mcps (a W school), we bailed: he will do private for the next 4 years.
Anonymous wrote:400k and we won't for our two kids unless we really, really have to. We're not interested in the social scene and not confident privates lead to better outcomes. I suppose if money was no object we would consider it, for the smaller classes if nothing else.
For our friends that do pricey privates (30k and up) there usually seems to be some family money involved. Like, they know they don't need to save for college or retirement, so they're more willing to spend in the present.