i hear Peter Mcormack talk about that a lot on his pods. 
back in the day i was in standard public school in the Uk and it was pretty normal, just the usual situation with catchment areas and some schools being much worse etc

still, these days, at least homeschool is quite viable and there are a ton of resources.

stack_harder

econ

One stacker's pain - the Euro is coming and the prices are already going up

I remember 20+ years ago, when it was first introduced, with the false promise of stability... Germany had taken some economic measures to artificially devalue the Deutsche Mark prior to the introduction of the euro, in an attempt to maintain price stability.
Italy, Greece etc experienced exactly what you are describing... The relative price stability that you've long experienced is over.

Here in the UK, the new Labour government lifted the vat exemption on private schools, making them 20% more expensive overnight. The school fees have now become untenable for many families. The consequence is that already overwhelmed public schools will be flooded with the private school kids drop outs. Public schools here are so bad, that your kid would be far better off home schooled...