(07-16-2018, 02:09 PM)ScottyB Wrote:Apoc Wrote:Elementary school will be a welcome change, but we've kicked around the idea of private school.
we had ours in private school/afternoon daycare from young-3's to pre-K. it was a wonderful experience and we think it did nothing but good things for his development as a person and academically.
that said, it was unsustainably freakin expensive and he'll be starting kindergarten at our local public school. if i could do it again i would, no questions, but i daydream about buyin boats 'n stuff with the amount of $$$ we'll have back in our pockets every month.
Our kid is in a co-op preschool, which helps keeps costs down because parents participate (i.e. I'm the schools webmaster). At his current age, you have to be at school with him, but he'll eventually get to flying solo right around the time when your kid started. We also use daycare at the school, which provides the same structure/environment/teachers to aid in development. We also have a nanny a few days a week so he gets enrichment there too. Those first five years are pretty critical, so I don't mind spending the money right now. Seattle public schools are very hit or miss, depending on the school. We're in a decent neighborhood, but it's also pretty common to send kids to speciality private schools (e.g. one that's heavily STEM). All have the annual cost of a small car. #firstworldproblems
P.S. - We missed the school year cutoff by four days. We're not going to move him up because most everything suggests it's better for kids to be older, but that means an extra year of childcare.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth