w00t w00t booyah

*amused* I was in public school all the way through high school, plus I attended a public law school. I assure you, my education was every bit as good as yours, and it was free.

I will also happily match my brilliant public-school-educated child up against private-school kids any day of the week. Plus, my son is already nearly fluent in Spanish, at seven years old. Again, all free.

But hey, continue to put your kids in private school; it's not my problem. Meanwhile I will take the $5-$10,000 a year or so I save by not doing so and put it into my kids' college funds.

The only purpose I see to private school is if you need a very specific type of education. E.g., I have considered enrolling my children in Jewish day school for the Hebrew and Jewish education (which they obviously cannot get in public school.) Or I suppose it would be good if you lived in an area with really terrible public schools. I'm not sure why you'd want to raise children in such an area in the first place, though.