@southernfemmom – one thing I might suggest is that you spend a little time this weekend exploring some college NPCs on their sites and looking at some of the college FA threads.
If saving the money at school B is going to change the college landscape for you, I would think about that too. It’s a far more abstract exercise because it’s 4 years out, but overall, colleges are much less generous with FA than BS are.
It’s a hard call. But you are not deciding between a lousy public school and a great education. You are deciding between 2 good options…