Cost of Tutition

Should the cost of tuition be a factor in determining if a child participates in dual enrollment in high school?

The old saying ”money is the root of all evil”, may be a factor here. Are we rushing our children through the best years of their life just to save a few dollars in college tuition or is if really fair to even make that comment? Sure cutting college costs in half sounds good to me as a parent, but are we really going to do that? First of all it would depend on the payment method of the dual enrolled classes. In my district the school system pays the tuition but that is not the case in some schools. If the parent has to pay the cost of dual enrollment, are they really saving any money? I guess that would depend on where the child goes to college and how many of his classes are accepted without having to double dip just to get enough credits from the university. By double dipping I mean that if a child transfers to a college that will only accept 12 hours of dual enrollment credits from high school and the parent has already paid for 60, then the parent has paid for 48 credit hours they would not have had to pay for if the high school classes had not been dual enrolled. In my locality that amounts to over $3500 from the community college. What has been the experience of those of you who have encountered this?