The annual tuition of top private HS football programs

Maybe, I guess everyone has their own take. How many kids do you currently have in the California public school system, and what experiences have you had that have shaped your opinion?

Daystalker, Interesting take. Thanks for sharing all that stuff about our state public school system; did not know all that. My point is mostly about the cost. We all want to send our kids to very good private schools for all the good reasons. The bottom line is can we afford the tuition?

Most parents top priorities (budget) are paying the mortage or rent, buy nutritious food for the family, car expenses, car insurance, property tax, Fed and State taxes, paying the utilities, home repairs, personal things, save a little, clothes for the kids, kids expenses, music lessons, sports lessons and club fee (tennis, golf, football fees, basketball fees, dance lessons, etc...), eating out, a small family vacation, mobile phone monthly bills. I think for most of us parents, we just do not have the budget and enough left for private school tuition, and must rely on public schools.

If parents make enough and can afford these ultra high tuition, their kids will have tremendous schooling opportunities. Good deal.

PS.  I think for kids success in school comes from strong parental support.  Parents must be involved with their kids schooling (from day one) and extra curricular activities.  Kids will thrive and be motivated when they see parents interested and involved with their schooling and extra curricular activities.

Most schools will offer quite a bit of financial assistance if the child tests well during application/entrance interviews (or, as alluded to above, will get a free ride if dominant in sports). The published costs are just "MSRP". You would be surprised, many kids from big money families do not pay full tuition, while may kids from middle class families pay full price, it all depends on what the student offers the school. These schools also need to show acceptance rates into top colleges for marketing purposes, so if you are a legacy, that plays into their desire to offer assistance as well. There are many price tiers with private schools as well, not all are 40K a year (and that is just to get in the door by the way, books, uniforms and all extra stuff is a la carte). I would gladly trade vacations, big dinners out, NetFlix, Starbucks, or a new fancy car for the education if it came down to it. It can be done, just a matter of priorities, and for me, that is my priority. Not saying it is for everyone. NOW, if the public school system were to change and it was acceptable to our family, I would consider that as an option, hell, that is one of the reasons we decided to raise a family in our area, was that the schools were good, but that changed.