It takes a net worth of millions to be comfortable in Silicon Valley

Re:It takes a net worth of millions to be comfortable in Sil... by chris11 on Thursday April 18, 2019 @04:29PM (#19694500)

I don't think this is necessarily about the poor state of public education. Two of the top three school districts are in the bay area, and 9 are in the top 20. https://blog.pacificunion.com/silicon-valley-again-earns-hig... I'd expect that an engineer could find a decent public school for their kids ignoring any special circumstances.

I think it's more to do with the cost of private education. I found a couple of private middle schools that charged between $30k and $35k per student per year.

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Re:It takes a net worth of millions to be comfortable in Sil... by United857 on Thursday April 18, 2019 @04:34PM (#19694544)

The top SF Bay Area school districts are all in areas with high housing prices (big part of the reason why the housing prices are high to begin with).

Unlike other parts of the US, there are few or no "magnet" schools in lower-income areas. Public school assignments are solely based on your residential address.

So in an indirect sense, sending your kids to a good public school is still costly. In some cases, even sending your kids to a top private school while living in a cheaper area may save money in the end.

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Re:It takes a net worth of millions to be comfortable in Sil... by masonic on Friday April 19, 2019 @03:30AM (#19697726)

  Public school assignments are solely based on your residential address.

I don't think that's true at all for SF.

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