<p>This may surprise you, but there are places right here in 21st Century America where the public schools are so abysmal that parents who genuinely care about their kids’ education will make financial sacrifices to give those kids the kind of opportunities that people in wealthy suburban districts take for granted. I am not a wealthy person by any means, but both of my kids are in fee-based high schools, one public residential and one Catholic non-residential. They are there because the small rural underfunded public school system where we live is horrid. To keep them there we do without things like new cars and meals out, we buy our groceries at Aldi, our staples at Dollar General, and our clothes at Goodwill. We live paycheck to paycheck (actually we own a small and struggling business so things are even more tenuous). We made this choice because our kids and their futures are the most important things in our lives. If you want to pass judgment on me, go right ahead; I accord anonymous cracks on the Internet the same respect I do remarks scrawled on public bathroom walls. </p>
<p>I can identify completely with the friend of the OP, even though I know nothing more of the details than you do. </p>
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