21,000 children head off to the 1st day of public school in Hartford, but not Luke Bronin’s
Last week Hartford, Connecticut parents got their public school children packed up, ready to go and sent them off to the first day of school.
But the man who aspires to be Hartford’s next mayor, and would have the responsibility of appointing a majority of the members of the Hartford Board of Education, wasn’t one of them.
Instead, Greenwich Native Luke Bronin, who moved to Hartford and is running for Mayor, dropped his child off for their first day at the prestigious Renbrook private school in West Hartford, Connecticut where the annual tuition runs from $19,500 to $33,500 per year depending on which grade the child is enrolled in.
While the vast majority of children in the United States go to public schools, those with means have the choice to send their children to a public school or a private school.
Growing up, Luke Bronin only attended private schools. Starting with the Greenwich Day School, where tuition starts at $33,500 for kindergarten and rises to $37,500 a year for the higher grades, Bronin then attended Phillips Exeter Academy, with a cost of $48,000 a year, although that does include the $180 a year “Linen Fee.” Luke Bronin then spent ten years in the Halls of Yale, Oxford and the Yale Law School.
With privilege comes opportunity and while no one should ever begrudge a parent for doing everything they can to ensure that their child or children get a quality education, it is relevant when a politician who says he is ready to “turn-around” Hartford’s public schools 21,000 children head off to the 1st day of public school in Hartford, but not Luke Bronin’s - Wait What?:
