fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Just curious, prek, Kindergarten, and elementary school?
And where are you located?
And where are you located?
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How much does private school cost in your area? (1 Viewer)
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El Floppo
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Schools vary widely depending on exact location, quality, etc. My kids go to a private religious school, about $4500 1st through 8th grade. Kindergarten is a little cheaper. Don't recall what the costs of the pre-k programs were. This is a first ring suburb of St. Paul.
There is high buck k-12 non religious private school up the road (less than a mile) that is over 20k per year.
There is high buck k-12 non religious private school up the road (less than a mile) that is over 20k per year.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
They're giving it away
NYC won't let you redshirt and my son would basically be one of the youngest in his class. The only workaround is private kindergarten and then transferring him into the first grade.
New York Kids Club participates in the Universal PreK program, but you basically have to be in their 3's program (private cost) to get a priority spot (they only have 19).
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
There is a Greek school (I'm not Greek) that is like 75% cheaper than all of the others not too far from me. Supposedly a good school, giving it some consideration.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
They can and will. NYC is possibly the worst and hardest to deal with BOE in the country.
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cstu
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
fwiw- yeah, in K there's a decent sized jump in development between the Jan and Dec kids, but by the end of the year and in 1st grade it pretty much goes away. 2nd grade? only see some of the kids that are smaller... but otherwise that's it. caveat- that's from my limited, 1 kid through it so far, experience. I honestly wouldn't sweat it unless your kid is developmentally behind.
we looked at parochial schools too for K- relatively affordable... IIRC, around 10k
and for those interested, NYC private elementary school is +/- 40k.
eta: both of my kids are June- smack dab in the middle... smack dab in the middle of the gum.
we looked at parochial schools too for K- relatively affordable... IIRC, around 10k
and for those interested, NYC private elementary school is +/- 40k.
eta: both of my kids are June- smack dab in the middle... smack dab in the middle of the gum.
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fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
El Floppo
Footballguy
varies widely.
our school for K (Jr tested in the G&T track, which was cool but limited his options for schools) was miserable, despite the K teacher being amazing, and Jr had a decent year. Wife worked hard to transfer him the hell out of there- the new school is amazing. great principle, great kids, great parents, great teachers... only down side is the class sizes are still 30kids to 1 teacher (sometimes you get a floating TA)
eta: the G&T meant Jr could go to schools outside of our zone. the issue is for the zoned schools- the good ones are in places nobody can afford. (eta: nobody who'd normally send their kids to public school, anyways).
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sbonomo
Footballguy
Yet another reason not to have kids. Just out of curiosity, do you received anything back from a tax basis for the money you spend for private schools?
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Preliminary research I've done indicates a deduction of up to $3k for anything under Kindergarten, nothing for 1-12.
There might also be some wording that states both parents have to be working, but I need to research more.
Bottom line, nothing significant if you can. You can also use an FSA for up to $2,500 to pay for it.
fantasycurse42
Footballguy Jr.
Their solution is Special Education. Redshirting doesn't exist in NYC.What I would do is have him evaluated for an IEP and fight it. Absolutethat they are trying to treat kids as all the same.
Shane Falco
Footballguy
SE PA
Parochial ~$5k
Real private schools- $12,00-$18,000
Parochial ~$5k
Real private schools- $12,00-$18,000
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Catholic HS in central Calif = $9300 per year.
johnnycakes
Footballguy
A guy I have worked with for the last 25 years sent his daughter here, from grade 1 thru 12. Graduated high school last June. He says he's getting a break since she goes to college in a couple of weeks.
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Tuition for 2015-16 as follows: Pre-Kindergarten* $24,125 Kindergarten $29,990 Classes 1-3 $33,500 Class 4 $34,700 Class 5 $35,600 Classes 6-8 $41,500 Classes 9-12 $44,875 *Pre-K is a half-day programEl Floppo
Footballguy
I can't tell if cstu is joking or not- assume he is.Their solution is Special Education. Redshirting doesn't exist in NYC.What I would do is have him evaluated for an IEP and fight it. Absolute
but the IEP thing isn't terrible if you feel like JR is too far behind the game developmentally. it's not "Special Ed" chingchongpotato. Floppinho had some speech issues and qualified for an IEP- we opted to have him do his speech outside of the classroom with the school speech specialist so he wouldn't feel ostracized. also felt like his speech wasn't bad enough to warrant somebody actually coming into the classroom for him (felt like it was a waste of DOE funds when schools are stretched thin as it is). That said- we've known plenty of kids with IEPs (mostly ADHD and asperger spectrum) and they don't actually get in the way of the classroom- and are typically a big help, having a second adult in the class- and especially with a watchful eye for your kid.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
800-2k/mo
SoCal and there are ones that are more
SoCal and there are ones that are more
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commoncents
Footballguy
Honolulu - top end private schools are in excess of $20K not including after school care, books, meals, etc. Mid to lower end schools are likely in the 10K to 15K range.
Public school system in Hawaii is awful outside of a handful of districts.
Public school system in Hawaii is awful outside of a handful of districts.
cstu
Footballguy
I was serious.I can't tell if cstu is joking or not- assume he is.Their solution is Special Education. Redshirting doesn't exist in NYC.What I would do is have him evaluated for an IEP and fight it. Absolute
but the IEP thing isn't terrible if you feel like JR is too far behind the game developmentally. it's not "Special Ed" chingchongpotato. Floppinho had some speech issues and qualified for an IEP- we opted to have him do his speech outside of the classroom with the school speech specialist so he wouldn't feel ostracized. also felt like his speech wasn't bad enough to warrant somebody actually coming into the classroom for him (felt like it was a waste of DOE funds when schools are stretched thin as it is). That said- we've known plenty of kids with IEPs (mostly ADHD and asperger spectrum) and they don't actually get in the way of the classroom- and are typically a big help, having a second adult in the class- and especially with a watchful eye for your kid.
Fantasy_Freak
Footballguy
Southest Wisconsin, catholic grade school for 3 kids we pay a total of $6k a year. We get price breaks for having more than one kid in the school.
Amused to Death
Footballguy
Have you considered having him start on time but with the possibility of repeating K or 1st grade? Our son was also just inside the cutoff date and we were also considering waiting a year. On the recommendation of our pediatrician, we started him on time but he repeated 1st.
El Floppo
Footballguy
NutterButter
Footballguy
We pay 20k per for elementary montessori
cstu
Footballguy
The downside is that the kid won't be in the same class as his friends in K and 1st. How did your son handle it?
gianmarco
Footballguy
Amused to Death
Footballguy
No, NJ.El Floppo said:
It was about 15 years ago, but there were no issues. We were upfront with his teachers. They had no problem with him going into 1st grade, but after that it was recommended he repeat it. There's a jump in maturity between 1st and 2nd grade and they felt he could use the extra year at that point. At that age I don't the kids really understand. Friends are still in the same school and they make new ones as well. It was probably a bigger deal for us then it was for him. The extra year made a big difference and he went the rest of the way through with no issues.cstu said:
He leaves for Lackland AFB to start his basic training in a few weeks!
avoiding injuries
Footballguy
Pre-k $5k
Not looking for elementary
Middle- $10k
High school- $12-20k
Not looking for elementary
Middle- $10k
High school- $12-20k
SHIZNITTTT
Footballguy
What about home school for a year?
Buck Bradcanon
Footballguy
JFC.
Buck Bradcanon
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Have no idea...all my kids will go to public school
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Montgomery County, Maryland- This year will be our first year sending ours....$8k each. We have two kids. That's one of the more affordable schools who aren't overbearing in the religious department. The traditional catholic schools are twice that.
What's killing us is the extra $1k/mo. for before and after care. They start at 8AM and get off at 3PM.
Wife leaves the house at 7AM ( I leave earlier) and I get off at 3PM. So an hour in the AM and a whopping 30 minutes in the PM costs us big time. We would like to find an old lady/retiree to watch them before and after at a cheaper rate but then that's another person who isn't their mother/father putting them in a car. Catch 22.
What's killing us is the extra $1k/mo. for before and after care. They start at 8AM and get off at 3PM.
Wife leaves the house at 7AM ( I leave earlier) and I get off at 3PM. So an hour in the AM and a whopping 30 minutes in the PM costs us big time. We would like to find an old lady/retiree to watch them before and after at a cheaper rate but then that's another person who isn't their mother/father putting them in a car. Catch 22.
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chet
Footballguy
For me, the public schools are good in my area but my children are getting another language which I feel is valuable.
The_Man
Footballguy
We live in a good school district but have still found private school to have been a huge difference for our kids. Son went through the public elementary (which was really good) and public middle school - which started to become average at best by middle school. He's a good student, a little quiet, and so he would just quietly do the bare minimum as to not attract attention and slowly started to disappear in the classroom as he lost all enthusiasm for school. So we switched him at the high school level and as he gets ready to start his senior year, the difference has been profound. Such a difference that we switched our daughter at middle school, instead of potentially going through the same thing with her.
It's been a huge financial effort, but one we feel has been completely worth it. I'm actually looking forward to having him go to college, as we might end up paying less tuition than for high school, depending on how financial aid/scholarships play out.
Definitely not a prestige thing - we are not affluent enough to mix socially with the majority of private school parents and meanwhile we get a little grief from from our friends about why we're sending our kids to private school when we live in what is supposedly such a great school district.
