Elizabeth Ayoola

But there was a little, little voice in my head that said, just try the public school across the street, especially because my new neighbors kept saying it was such a good school.

But my fears are my son is neurodivergent.

I wanted him not to be in a humongous class size because he has ADHD.

He struggles with attention.

And I know that he might get left behind if he's in a public school, especially if he doesn't have very attentive teachers.

And the fees never ended with this private school.

There's always something to pay for.

Always something to pay for.

And also constantly doing fundraisers, which I understand.

But I'm already paying private school fees.

Thank you.

Right.

I did it for an entire year.

I made several, I would say, in retrospect, financial mistakes along the way.

The biggest one is I was like, OK, well, how do I maximize this huge bill?

Because I was paying quarterly.

You could pay in one bulk and then that's cheaper or you could pay quarterly and it's a little more expensive.

Quarterly was more manageable for me at the time.

So I said I'd pay quarterly.

If you put it on a credit card, you get charged a 2%.