> (The basics include 30-40k/year private school for grade schoolers) In addition to location and other comments, this is also a manifestation of the parents f

> (The basics include 30-40k/year private school for grade schoolers) In addition to location and other comments, this is also a manifestation of the parents feeling the larger macroeconomic trends. The divide between haves and have nots, and the shrinking middle class are pushing parents to drive their kids to be upper class at all costs. Whether or not true, going to public school and community college (or no college at all gasp) looks to be parents to be setting their kids up for a life of struggle.