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Rosebud says-
There was a comment about rich people all sending their kids to private schools, ergo the quality of schools didn’t factor into this discussion… think the same poster said that the schools were good, but not great. The best school in the district is in Northern SM, which is in the top 1.5% of all elem schools in the state. Top 1.5% is great not good. I’ve said it before, this is a huge factor when deciding where to buy for those that have kids or are thinking about it. With the top private schools costing 3k per month, per child, a family with 2 kids can afford nearly $1MM more on a mortgage by sending kids to the great public schools. Even if you feel you need to send them to a private high school, you rack up significant savings beforehand. The rich pay for their kids’ education out of the same account that they pay their mortgage.
For those counting, this is OUR deciding factor. We currently have a house that meets our needs for shelter, but is too small and is in a LOUSY school district. We could build onto the house, we have the land space BUT adding tuition to the local parochial school (not one of the highest priced options) would be $24,000 a year plus all the "extras". If we wanted to compete with the truly rich, private school tuition for three kids could set us back close to $60,000 or more a year.
So on we hunt for a bigger house in a better school district.
There was a comment about rich people all sending their kids to private schools, ergo the quality of schools didn’t factor into this discussion… think the same poster said that the schools were good, but not great. The best school in the district is in Northern SM, which is in the top 1.5% of all elem schools in the state. Top 1.5% is great not good. I’ve said it before, this is a huge factor when deciding where to buy for those that have kids or are thinking about it. With the top private schools costing 3k per month, per child, a family with 2 kids can afford nearly $1MM more on a mortgage by sending kids to the great public schools. Even if you feel you need to send them to a private high school, you rack up significant savings beforehand. The rich pay for their kids’ education out of the same account that they pay their mortgage.
For those counting, this is OUR deciding factor. We currently have a house that meets our needs for shelter, but is too small and is in a LOUSY school district. We could build onto the house, we have the land space BUT adding tuition to the local parochial school (not one of the highest priced options) would be $24,000 a year plus all the "extras". If we wanted to compete with the truly rich, private school tuition for three kids could set us back close to $60,000 or more a year.
So on we hunt for a bigger house in a better school district.
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Ivy leagues don't even accept non-minorities with 12 years of private school anymore unless they are legacies.
Why spend 20K a year if your white-bread kids are going to go to Pepperdine anyway?
Raise thinkers not consumers.
For the record, my children are not white, not planning on private university at the moment (although I have hopes that at least one will win acceptance to a highly competitive engineering school) and not nearly as evil as you seem to think.
We are seeking to shield our children from having friends DIE in the driveway next to our house because the local gang wasn't invited to the back to school party. I'd like my kids in classrooms where 75% of the time wasn't used to maintain order or remediate students 3 or more grade levels behind. It's just not possible in the school district where we currently live. Even if we go the magnet or intra-district transfer routes, there's no way to assure that all children will need transportation in the same direction every morning. It's entirely possible to have one accepted and the other two left to other schools.
thank you for standing up for the right to send your kids to safe schools.
Please be aware that a house in a neighborhood where the schools are not dangerous is very expensive in Los Angeles -
i would suggest that you consider the far west valley -
i believe that in the far west valley you can buy houses for affordable prices and send your kids to safe public schools.
As for myself, diversity is very important. I would like to find a place in the LA region in which i can expose my kids to all sorts of diversity of all kinds in the public schools, but still have them safe.
unfortunately, i do not know of such a place. large ammts of diversity seem to produce violence all over the la region. Something very unfortunate is going on here.
thank you for standing up for the right to send your kids to safe schools.
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Safe - Until some other ill-raised, mind-numbed "dollar-rich" kids like yours, who were taught that only "good families" from "good schools", going to "good colleges" with "good test scores" get "good jobs" and that is ALLLLLLL that matters, realize on their own that THAT IS ALL A LIE - brings a automatic weapon into class and obliterates yours and all the other "safe" kids.
I refuse to accept that this is acceptable or desirable in a neighborhood. I want my children to attend public schools with the children of other parents who feel the same way.