Private School Possible with Household Income <$80K

[Anonymous]

The school isn’t for the parents.

[Anonymous]

OP, at the end of the day, these posters are telling you their moral answers and what lines up for them (most of which I agree with). Nonetheless, the answer to your question, is yes, you will get some aid. Probably a lot. They will impute an income of about $40k and you will get aid according to a family of X making $120k. At most of the big schools, you will likely get a lot of aid. That’s why the posters are upset because they know you will. The bigger question is will your kid get admitted?

[Anonymous]

Why would you do this to your kid, OP? Go public. Buy or rent in a top school district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you do this to your kid, OP? Go public. Buy or rent in a top school district.

Doing what to their kid?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

Get a job.

I don’t need one. Sorry you do.

You clearly do if all you have is 80k AND you want your kids in private school. Why are you so lazy? Or maybe you don’t live your kids enough? Do you think most of us work because we like to? I work because I HAVE to to send my kids to private school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

Same poster: or 3-12 as was appropriate for the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?

Take it up with the schools. We all subsidize in some shape or form. One income parent families get pell grants and that money is subsidized by all Americans. One income families get food stamps and subsidized housing too, do you have issue with that? I’m assuming all these anti FA posters are hardcore GOPers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?

Take it up with the schools. We all subsidize in some shape or form. One income parent families get pell grants and that money is subsidized by all Americans. One income families get food stamps and subsidized housing too, do you have issue with that? I’m assuming all these anti FA posters are hardcore GOPers.

I have issue with the fact that I work ONLY to be able to afford private school… maybe I should just quit abs ask for FA… maybe I can say I lost my job or, like OP, I can say that there is no point in working because I would only be taking home 25k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?

Take it up with the schools. We all subsidize in some shape or form. One income parent families get pell grants and that money is subsidized by all Americans. One income families get food stamps and subsidized housing too, do you have issue with that? I’m assuming all these anti FA posters are hardcore GOPers.

I have issue with the fact that I work ONLY to be able to afford private school… maybe I should just quit abs ask for FA… maybe I can say I lost my job or, like OP, I can say that there is no point in working because I would only be taking home 25k

Maybe you should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?

Take it up with the schools. We all subsidize in some shape or form. One income parent families get pell grants and that money is subsidized by all Americans. One income families get food stamps and subsidized housing too, do you have issue with that? I’m assuming all these anti FA posters are hardcore GOPers.

I have issue with the fact that I work ONLY to be able to afford private school… maybe I should just quit abs ask for FA… maybe I can say I lost my job or, like OP, I can say that there is no point in working because I would only be taking home 25k

The only reason I work is to house my kids, clothe and feed my kids, and send them to college. But there are some people that stay home and get all of that free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, at the end of the day, these posters are telling you their moral answers and what lines up for them (most of which I agree with). Nonetheless, the answer to your question, is yes, you will get some aid. Probably a lot. They will impute an income of about $40k and you will get aid according to a family of X making $120k. At most of the big schools, you will likely get a lot of aid. That’s why the posters are upset because they know you will. The bigger question is will your kid get admitted?

This is correct. You will get aid, though less than if both parents were working. The only way to know for sure is to apply (and, of course, get admitted).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?

Stop beig bitter. Quit if you want to. You probably can afford to quit but choose not to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home. I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share? Thank you!

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were extremely generous with their support.
This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!

So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?

Take it up with the schools. We all subsidize in some shape or form. One income parent families get pell grants and that money is subsidized by all Americans. One income families get food stamps and subsidized housing too, do you have issue with that? I’m assuming all these anti FA posters are hardcore GOPers.

I have issue with the fact that I work ONLY to be able to afford private school… maybe I should just quit abs ask for FA… maybe I can say I lost my job or, like OP, I can say that there is no point in working because I would only be taking home 25k

The only reason I work is to house my kids, clothe and feed my kids, and send them to college. But there are some people that stay home and get all of that free.

Right, so where does the private school fit in. How much do you make that you are so worried about feeding your kids? How much does yours spouse make? How much is your house, cars, and vacations? How about the nanny and landscaper?

People stay home for different reasons. None of your business.