Anonymous wrote:HHI north of 600k and we are about to send our special needs DS to private just for the low teacher to student ratio. DS2 just entered public school but we may enroll him in a private in the future but it is because we believe MCPS's curriculum to have degraded in the last decade (especially with Eureka math). DS2 is an incredibly smart 5 year old, who is able to read at a second grade level, do multiplication in his head, and understand concepts such as infinity and resonance frequencies. He is also a very good communicator. However, he is definitely not challenged at MCPS and pretends to count for the simple addition problems they have him do.

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HHI north of 600k and we are about to send our special needs DS to private just for the low teacher to student ratio. DS2 just entered public school but we may enroll him in a private in the future but it is because we believe MCPS's curriculum to have degraded in the last decade (especially with Eureka math). DS2 is an incredibly smart 5 year old, who is able to read at a second grade level, do multiplication in his head, and understand concepts such as infinity and resonance frequencies. He is also a very good communicator. However, he is definitely not challenged at MCPS and pretends to count for the simple addition problems they have him do.

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Anonymous wrote:I would caution you about private, because it creates a stressful situation to make those monthly tuition payments out of your HHI. Many student have their tuition funded by grandparents.

We were paying $8000 per month for 2 kids in private (10 months/year), and it set us back on our financial goals. We ended up pulling one of our kids out of private and she is now back in public school.

There is a vast, vast land that exists between a $40k/yr private school and your local public school. This is kind of a laughable scenario really. The average private school in Virginia costs quite less than half that.

Aren't a lot of the cheaper private schools affiliated with a religion, which may not work for everyone.

Not in DC. Sending kids to private for HS. Tuition is $50k/year and HHI is $3.5M.

Was going to stay in our local public (small district; one HS with 500 kids total), but, its limitations are becoming clear.

Anonymous wrote:I would caution you about private, because it creates a stressful situation to make those monthly tuition payments out of your HHI. Many student have their tuition funded by grandparents.

We were paying $8000 per month for 2 kids in private (10 months/year), and it set us back on our financial goals. We ended up pulling one of our kids out of private and she is now back in public school.

There is a vast, vast land that exists between a $40k/yr private school and your local public school. This is kind of a laughable scenario really. The average private school in Virginia costs quite less than half that.

I would caution you about private, because it creates a stressful situation to make those monthly tuition payments out of your HHI. Many student have their tuition funded by grandparents.

We were paying $8000 per month for 2 kids in private (10 months/year), and it set us back on our financial goals. We ended up pulling one of our kids out of private and she is now back in public school.

Public school graduate here and after the past two years I’ll be sending my kids to private, no question. $300k HHI so won’t be a prestigious expensive one but a school that aligns with our family’s values is the most important thing. Option B would be to quit my job and homeschool. No way my kids will be in public school in this area. You make it work, not every school is $30k+, and more and more states are talking about allowing tax dollars to go with the student, which is an obvious policy change after what we’ve seen.

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Anonymous wrote:Send them in middle or high school like we did and save some years of tuition payments like we did. We have twins that started private in 6th grade. $500 k HHI and pay $70 tuition for them.

Yes, we started in middle. Our "grrst: public schools only start to shit the bed in middle in high. Plus the small class sizes go a long way
Out private has a class all through middle school dedicated exclusively to forming good study and organization skills. I have one kid headed to Pinceton next year. Doubtful we'd have had the same result had we stayed with our public.

I’m not sure if OP is the one who replied that they were looking at Jewish day schools, but if they are, sending for middle or high school is less of a viable option. These schools have dual curriculums, meaning that half the day is Hebrew and Judaic studies. The kids begin learning Hebrew in kindergarten, so by the time they are in middle school and high school, you’d be very behind if you didn’t speak Hebrew and, to a lesser but still significant degree, have some Judaic studies background. For this reason, many Jewish parents send their kids to Jewish schools for k-8, for the Jewish environment/background, when tuition is also relatively less expensive, and send public for high school.

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Anonymous wrote:We make $800k/year and I don’t feel like we can send our 2 kids to private. We just started making this much, we have no family money, and we won’t inherit anything. Although $800k is a lot, we have to think about kids’ college and our retirement. Spending money on private schools just does not seem like a financially sound move. FWIW, our kids are at a private pre-K now, and we are definitely on the lower end of the income distribution (by quite a bit).

You don’t live in dc I guess

MoCo

This is such a bunch of BS. You are not on the lower end of the income distribution at your preschool with a HHI of $800K.
You need a massive, massive reality check.

Loony tunes

I don't make $800K but if I did I would consider myself to be below anyone whose grandparents were paying. If that is how op is looking at it she may well be below many of the other parents.

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Anonymous wrote:We make $800k/year and I don’t feel like we can send our 2 kids to private. We just started making this much, we have no family money, and we won’t inherit anything. Although $800k is a lot, we have to think about kids’ college and our retirement. Spending money on private schools just does not seem like a financially sound move. FWIW, our kids are at a private pre-K now, and we are definitely on the lower end of the income distribution (by quite a bit).

You don’t live in dc I guess

MoCo

This is such a bunch of BS. You are not on the lower end of the income distribution at your preschool with a HHI of $800K.
You need a massive, massive reality check.

Loony tunes

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Anonymous wrote:We make $800k/year and I don’t feel like we can send our 2 kids to private. We just started making this much, we have no family money, and we won’t inherit anything. Although $800k is a lot, we have to think about kids’ college and our retirement. Spending money on private schools just does not seem like a financially sound move. FWIW, our kids are at a private pre-K now, and we are definitely on the lower end of the income distribution (by quite a bit).

You don’t live in dc I guess

MoCo

This is such a bunch of BS. You are not on the lower end of the income distribution at your preschool with a HHI of $800K.
You need a massive, massive reality check.

DH and I both went to public. I didn't see the value of private until the pandemic and watching the public schools scramble. We have several years before our children are elementary age, but we're really considering private. We'll see how this cohort of students catch up as learning goes back in-person.

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Anonymous wrote:We make $800k/year and I don’t feel like we can send our 2 kids to private. We just started making this much, we have no family money, and we won’t inherit anything. Although $800k is a lot, we have to think about kids’ college and our retirement. Spending money on private schools just does not seem like a financially sound move. FWIW, our kids are at a private pre-K now, and we are definitely on the lower end of the income distribution (by quite a bit).

You don’t live in dc I guess

MoCo

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Anonymous wrote:Public schools are mopping the floor with privates in the DC area

Really? How old are you? You must have graduated from public school if you're an adult, because your EQ is really low.

Theres more to success and intelligence (and what I like to call education) than where you get into college.

Things like the ability to make a compelling argument based on information rather than mere assertion?

Anonymous wrote:Public schools are mopping the floor with privates in the DC area

Really? How old are you? You must have graduated from public school if you're an adult, because your EQ is really low.

Theres more to success and intelligence (and what I like to call education) than where you get into college.