You get what you pay for, if you’re lucky. I’m less concerned about the cost of supplies as I am the cost of the mush that kids are being taught in the government schools.
The most expensive things in life are often “free.” We as parents and our kids pay a huge cost for what is in effect state-subsidized day care.
You would still have to pay your property taxes, which hopefully aren’t $17,000. But, by pulling your child out of public school, they lose that $17,000.