It is worth every penny ! The idea of mixing all the children as if they were all equal is bunk. They are not equal nor are their parents. The public school system thought if we mix them all then the disadvantaged ones would rise to the same level, well NOPE. Kids should be separated by IQ and intelligence levels, not age or street address. Parents who are involved in their child's education and care should be commended. Mine was in private till 5th grade. When he started public school (in the ghetto) he was reading on a 12th grade level and doing math on a 9th. He was tutoring his classmates, is that pathetic or what???