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Anonymous
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I'm job hunting, and trying to decide if it's worth it to try and get a "package deal"-- me working at a school that both my kids could attend. Anyone done this? Anyone have general info on private school salaries in the area, and what kinds of discounts/tuition remission they might offer?
While I'm asking, anyone know of schools that I should avoid at all costs? 
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Anonymous
| It's not the old days in which teacher's kids go free. Some schools give 25% or so off for 1 child only, some come up with more than that. Some run you through financial aid, and start with the number that spits out. |
Anonymous
| Very few schools still give tuition breaks as a benefit. If you qualify for financial aid, most schools will make employee kids a priority when it comes time to decide who gets the aid. If your spouse makes enough that you don't qualify for aid, you'll have to pay like everyone else. |
Anonymous
| OP here. That's disappointing. A discount is a benefit that would really count for something! I taught at a school in MoCo 7 years ago, and did get free tuition for my kid. The pay was veeery low, though. |
Anonymous
I recommend that you research this further. I am not a teacher, but I have heard the opposite of what you are being told here. Though most of the schools that I am thinking of are good schools, but not the "designer" schools that are often mentioned at this site. |
Anonymous
Private school teacher here. Very few independent schools still give a large amount of tuition remission. Usually the discount is along the lines of 25%. Mostly the school expects teachers to apply for financial aid like anyone else. Where teachers do get an advantage is in admissions--unless there is something seriously wrong with your child, if you are a teacher at the school, your child(ren) will generally be admitted--if you can then afford it! 
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Anonymous
| Does that work for college too? Maybe I should find a job at Princeton. |
Anonymous
Any suggestions? 
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Anonymous
Actually, most elite colleges pay full tuition for their faculty members kids to go not only to the school where their parents teach but to any other school.... But I don't know if it helps you get in. |
Anonymous
OP again. That's good to know! It seems a little odd (to my way of thinking, anyway). I would have thought that a big tuition reduction would be "fair"-- since teachers don't make a ton of money, but that giving preference to teachers' kids for admissions would be less fair. Interesting. |
Anonymous
| I worked at a Big 3 before I had my children. I was told that there was no tuition discount for faculty kids but that we could apply for aid. |
Anonymous
I think the argument is that it's not fair to teachers without kids who receive no comparable benefit. I believe Norwood offers a tuition discount for faculty. |
Anonymous
| Please work in a school because you love working in a school! |
Anonymous
Well, that's the hope. But I'm even more liable to choose a school if my kids love it. I'm even more liable to choose working in a school because I love for my family to eat, and have clothes, and a home.
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Anonymous
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Regrading priority in the admissions process, it is my understanding that it depends on the school.
From reading posts this year as well as chatting with friends, I believe Maret has a strong priority for children of teachers/staff - but I do not believe that Sidwell offers that same priority. |