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Saving for Private School - Baton Rouge
Posted on 3/2/11 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 3/2/11 at 10:27 pm
What are the best options for saving for kids private school tuition?
I can handle the Elementary and Middle School tuition and it's actually a decrease from daycare costs, but with two young kids I'm looking for the best options to save for Private School. I am hoping they will get some kind of scholarship - TOPS or otherwise - for college and they already have some money in a the LA 529.
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts seem to be good, but are limited to 2K per child.
School would likely be Catholic or St Michael's if that matters - likely 7K+ per year x2 by the time my kids get there.
I can handle the Elementary and Middle School tuition and it's actually a decrease from daycare costs, but with two young kids I'm looking for the best options to save for Private School. I am hoping they will get some kind of scholarship - TOPS or otherwise - for college and they already have some money in a the LA 529.
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts seem to be good, but are limited to 2K per child.
School would likely be Catholic or St Michael's if that matters - likely 7K+ per year x2 by the time my kids get there.
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Posted on 3/3/11 at 5:49 am to sapo504
I have one at CHS-BR. Registration & tuition is already 8k+. Over the last 7/8 years it has been going up about 300/400 a year. Also keep in mind they do not participate in state/federal funding for school lunch so instead of around 45 a month for lunch it will be about 120/125 a month. There are other differences but these are the big ones.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 7:56 am to CHSBears
Move to prairieville or Livingston and save the $$ you would have spent on sending your kids to private school and when they get to college you'll have enough to send them to pretty much any school in the country.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 8:11 am to guttata
A friend of mine was spending close to 20K a year for two kids. He moved to Zachary and saved himself a ton by putting them in ZDS.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 8:35 am to sapo504
I have coverdales.... it's really your only option ....other than maybe going to the boat
Posted on 3/3/11 at 9:58 am to Zilla
Move to Zachary... #1 school district for about 7 straight years..ever since breaking away from EBR schools.
Every school is new or getting a brand new face lift. The High School Football stadium and facilities are probably better than USL.
Just close your eyes as you drive through Baker.
Every school is new or getting a brand new face lift. The High School Football stadium and facilities are probably better than USL.
Just close your eyes as you drive through Baker.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:14 pm to ColdDuck
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:21 pm to guttata
Moved from Prairieville to EBR 3 years ago due to traffic/distance. Don't plan on going back there or Livingston. Looked in Zachary, but just not our style - god forbid there isn't a Target in reasonable driving distance for the wife.
We've decided to bite the bullet so we'll have to live with it. Hopefully our income will continue at a good rate upward as they start HS. Guess Coverdell is the best option for now.
We've decided to bite the bullet so we'll have to live with it. Hopefully our income will continue at a good rate upward as they start HS. Guess Coverdell is the best option for now.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:22 pm to lsufan1971
there are countless threads making fun of livingston, ascension, and zachary on this board, yet i'm sure that none of the posters have kids in school
when we bought a house, those are the only places we were willing to look mainly because of the schools
my wife teaches in EBR and I would not send my kids there, but paying 20k a year to put my kids in private school just so that i could live in BR is crazy
i live in denham and am very happy with the schools....if only my wife could get a job out there so she didnt have to put up with EBRPS
when we bought a house, those are the only places we were willing to look mainly because of the schools
my wife teaches in EBR and I would not send my kids there, but paying 20k a year to put my kids in private school just so that i could live in BR is crazy
i live in denham and am very happy with the schools....if only my wife could get a job out there so she didnt have to put up with EBRPS
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:58 pm to sapo504
You aren't biting the bullet IMO. Zachary may have the best school system in Louisiana, but what does that mean? Look at a graduation program at Zachary or Central and then look at one from Catholic or SJA. 95% of the kids at SJA/Catholic go to LSU or better. Zachary/Central send some kids to great schools, but a majority of the classes head to BRCC or SLU.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 2:02 pm to lsu711
boom?
Posted on 3/3/11 at 2:42 pm to sapo504
Talk to the people at Episcopal. My wife graduated from there and she is brilliant.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 2:46 pm to sapo504
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School would likely be Catholic or St Michael's if that matters
If your kid(s) wants to participate in athletics and isn't a stud, send them to Bishop Sullivan.
Don't forget to donate the year $300 church fee to your parish. You'll save money.
This post was edited on 3/3/11 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 3/3/11 at 2:50 pm to Zach
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Talk to the people at Episcopal. My wife graduated from there and she is brilliant.
This is the same chick that was loaded down with high interest debt when you married her right?
Posted on 3/3/11 at 3:07 pm to Cash
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This is the same chick that was loaded down with high interest debt when you married her right?
Yep, but she reads a book a day on her Kindle and makes double my salary. She's a genius but she just needs a manager. That's my job.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 4:38 pm to lsu711
I agree fully with what lsu711 is saying. I hear all of the hype about Livingston, Ascension, and Zachary and think so what. They are probably what amounts to an average school system when compared to non inner city areas across the country. What is the average ACT score up to now in Livingston??? 20 or so.
If you were living in Texas and said you were in a great public school system, it would mean something.
Get your kids in Catholic High or Episcapal. Hell no on Sullivan or whatever they call that school these days.
If you were living in Texas and said you were in a great public school system, it would mean something.
Get your kids in Catholic High or Episcapal. Hell no on Sullivan or whatever they call that school these days.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 6:42 pm to notiger1997
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Hell no on Sullivan or whatever they call that school these days.
Hell no on Parkview also.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 7:20 pm to rmc
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that these BR suburb public schools are bad. I attended school in Livingston Parish and it worked out ok for me. If you can afford the $8K or so a year for a good private school though, you are giving your kid so much more.
Down here, Jesuit has something like a average ACT score of 30. So many of those kids are going to great colleges and there are alot of scholarships earned. The tuition is less than $8K a year. They are not the best private school, but for the money it is hard to beat.
Down here, Jesuit has something like a average ACT score of 30. So many of those kids are going to great colleges and there are alot of scholarships earned. The tuition is less than $8K a year. They are not the best private school, but for the money it is hard to beat.
This post was edited on 3/3/11 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 3/3/11 at 7:23 pm to sapo504
Baton Rouge High is free. They are going to be in a 60 million dollar building. A lot of kids get in there from private middle schools.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 8:59 pm to Shaun176
What are the requirements to get in? I'm assuming admissions are fairly tough coming from private school?
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