<p>We never really had to field that much negativity from people because 7D1 was an academic outlier starting in grade school and our local friends who knew her well enough were like “Oh, there’s no way you can let her go to the local public HS”. And the private day school we moved both kids to years ago, most people who don’t stay through HS go to one of the “brand name” BS…so again, no “judgment” from that particular social set.</p>
<p>The only time I got any negativity was from a friend of a friend at a dinner party. This woman pulled the “I love my kids too much to send them to boarding school” thing. The interesting thing was, this woman’s kids were very young in comparison to mine at the time…so I don’t know if she’ll have changed her tune by now. Our mutual friend apologized for her friend’s remarks afterwards.</p>