$2,000? $5,000?

How much do you think private school tuitions cost?

Atlanta has a wealth of private schools (some, of course, founded after Brown v. Board of Ed), and I've worked in a couple of them, so I checked out a few tuition levels.

* The Howard School: First place I taught, services only students with learning disabilities and ADHD. Great school, it really is. Tuition? []$21,120 for Lower School students and $22,072 for Middle School and High School students.

* Westminster: Very high quality, very churchy. I subbed there in the 90s - one math teacher had more Tim and Beverly LaHaye books in the room than math books. Still, quality school. Tuition? Pre1st -5th $16,450 6th-12th $19,080

* Galloway: A friend of mine went here. Again, very good school. I would send Chris here, if we were closer and I was looking for a private school for him. And if we could afford it. Tuition?
Half Day Program for 3-year-olds: $10,240
8:15 am - 12:00 pm

1 PM Program for 4-year-olds: $13,190
8:15 am - 1:00 pm

2 PM Program for 5-year-olds: $14,890
8:15 am - 2:00 pm

All Day Program: $16,620
8:15 am - 3:00 pm

Middle Learning (8:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Grades 5 and 6: $16,810
Grades 7 and 8: $17,720

Upper Learning (8:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Grades 9 - 12: $17,720

You get the picture. "But what of the Catholic schools?" you say.

St. Pius X
Tuition $10,200
Annual Re-enrollment Fee (non-refundable) $200
Textbooks (approximate range) $350 - $550
Uniforms (approximately) $150

And the crazy fundy school for which I worked in 03-04? Where I wouldn't educate my dog? Starts at $3k per semester for grades 1-3 and goes up from there. Then there are the $300 "book usage fees".

Someone tell me again how vouchers make a difference for poor kids?