Paying for Public School

It may seem strange to pay to attend a public school, but this article in Sunday's Washington Post reports on parents who do just that. In most public school choice arrangements additional costs are absorbed by the school district or state, but in some cases parents are willing to pay 'tuition' for their child to attend the public school of their choice. And apparently D.C. parents, who only have one, urban district to choose from, can opt to cross state borders to send their child to school in Maryland or Virginia. This option isn't cheap, though--Maryland's Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School costs $13,627 a year, a price most D.C. parents can't afford.