you raved so much about Skyranch without mentioning the schools in Santee. How are they compared to schools in 4S Ranch or Scripps Ranch? Does a family have to send their kids to a private school if they live in Santee or is there no need to do so? Your input will be very much appreciated.[/quote]
I bet about 10 bucks that says most people who say “with the money I save living in X, I can send my kid(s) to private school”, most of them end up not doing so…Why? Because after doing research on the total cost of sending kids to private school, I think the conclusion would be the number doesn’t add up…
Sending kids from k-6 to a good private school is around a $100k proposition per kid (not even including high school)…Example, check out tuition prices at places like LJ Country Day… $15k-20k PER YEAR PER KID….And that doesn’t even include donations which you are “highly encouraged” to do (and yes, you’ll be competing with Jones down the streets from LJ that can drop another $5-10k+ in donations per year), and yes, the greater the donations, the more attention your kid gets.
So again, I don’t buy this “with the money I save, I can send my kids to a private school”. I’d venture to even say, most people that say this, haven’t really looked into how much it really does cost to send kids to private schools for k-6, k-8, or k-12….
IF you do place such an importance “best/better” schools (which even that is questionable if necessary), paying $100k-150k premium for a good district probably IS more cost effective if you are talking about 1.5+kids through 12 years. So again, I don’t buy the argument about folks living in a lower cost area to “save” to send their kids to a better private school. The math doesn’t work out.
Folks that can afford to send their kids to private schools k-12 and get the most out of those private schools probably aren’t the ones trying to save 100k-200k by buying in an area that isn’t in tier 1 schools.
