Asking parents to pay thousands for something that most get for free or very close to free is not easy. that's why there are the "haves" and "have-nots" of private schools. Especially in football.
It’s not “free”. I nearly fall off my chair every time I open my property tax bill in the late spring. It’s also not free to folks that rent - you don’t think those property tax costs aren’t built into each units rent? Regardless if you have kids utilizing the schools or not?
Now add on top of that - comes the private school tuition for those folks that decide to go that route. I am lucky as I live in an area where the school district is good. But we gave our kids the option of private or public and all 3 chose the public option (well one was looking at Benet a few years back but chose to stay public)
That said - I agree the kids the public’s lose to the privates tend to be high energy and high participation kids - which means lots of outside of class participation like sports/football, music, band, etc and high academics. There are lots of public school kids that don’t participate in anything. For some - the religious aspect of privates is also super important and one of the drivers of attendance.
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