The Cost of Lacey's Schooling

Brownsville Baptist Academy, which is now apparently closed, was a private school that educated pre-kindergarten through eighth grade students. The average cost for a small Christian-based private elementary school then was roughly $3,200 a year, which today averages about $6,500 a year. If the numbers are at least in the ballpark, that would have been around $355 a month for her to go there or around $722 a month today. Clay and Sheila worked and made enough money to afford their middle class house in a quiet area and pay for private tuition. Peers and teachers said she made a point of making newcomers at ease at the now closed Brownsville