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If you live in a town with a good public school system, like Ridgewood or Tenafly, then why would you? But if your town doesn’t have a great public school, then the feasibility of $30k a year for private school depends on where your finances are at with all other living expenses factored in. Depending on your religious leanings, Catholic school can also be a more affordable ‘private’ school route that leads to good high school like Don Bosco and Holy Angels. Good luck!
There is literally no way anyone but you cans set this, leading me to suspect this is some kind of flex?
But let me add one piece of advice: if you do send your kid(s) to private school, keep your trap shut about it. People judge, people have strong opinions about public schools. And those people will see you as “part of the problem.” People will think you are rich or your partner makes big bucks and make decisions about you and your salary accordingly. It’s a thing to be done in darkness.
People “in our industry” make wildly varying salaries. And they have spouses who make wildly different salaries. And mortgages and lifestyles and family needs and assets. And private schools cost different amount. So how can we tell you if you can afford it?
As for the the judgement, I’ve lived it. I’ve sat through people railing on people who pull their kids out of public schools rather than engage with the system and improve it. I’ve had people ask me how I afford it, I’ve had people comment that I must not need money or have to work if I can afford it.
Lots of Jersey City parents seem to be doing it, for the same reason. As soon as one can get into public program, younger one stays in private and older goes to public. Usually both end up in public though. A family member sent their oldest to public and paid for extracurricular enrichment, and decided to send the youngest to private. Both have done well, but the youngest is so far ahead, she will probably get a full scholarship for anything she wants to study. They said if they had to do it again, they would have wanted to send both to private. And yes, it's controversial, people do make wild assumptions if you send your kids to private school, especially if it's just one and not both. That's no big deal, people are full of ideas about each other. The biggest complaint I hear is that drop off and pick up are nearly impossible without extra help. So, factor that very real logistic into your decision. And, there are a few other agency and production people at our school, but it's mostly finance people.
Thanks!