If you work at a private school and have kids...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty obnoxious that the schools don’t do more.

I think you get a pretty significant preference for purposes of admission.

LOL

Let them eat cake

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This really depends on the school. Almost all schools give some sort of discount, but I’m not aware of any that cover all tuition.

No.

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We know a couple of people who teach at Catholic high schools and their children attend at a significant discount.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do your kids get to attend for free?

I used to have mine at my school when I taught private. I got a discount, but between the academics not being as advertised and the social/emotional toll it took on him, the costs were far higher than tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you work as a private school teacher, unless your spouse makes a high salary, how can you afford to send your kids to your school?

You can't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you work as a private school teacher, unless your spouse makes a high salary, how can you afford to send your kids to your school?

Aid, but it often doesn't feel like enough. Depends on the school and circumstances.

[Anonymous]

No. And no discount.

Decades ago, kids went for free or close. But teachers without kids complained it wasn’t fair bc they were effectively compensated less (in their eyes), so they traded tuition benefits away in negotiations in exchange for 401k matching.

[Anonymous]

Here’s the thing: at a small school, if each teacher has 1-3 kids, the majority of the students starts to be teachers kids. So there isn’t enough money or prestige in that.

[Anonymous]

I work at an independent K-12 and our teachers get 50% off tuition and they are eligible for financial aid for their kids. I don't know if this is universal or what happens at other schools like ours.
Almost all of our teachers send their kids here as a result.

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Teacher here.

It really depends on the school leadership. Some will make it a priority to make sure teachers can afford to send their kids to the school. They see it as a way to build investment in the program and retain teachers. Other schools don't see this as a priority. You can speculate as to why.

Totally depends on the school culture.

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I went to a New England prep school back in the day when tuition abatement was the norm. The teachers' kids were often the very best or the very worst students - it was pretty noteworthy. What struck me the most, though, is that faculty kids were really the only middle class at my school. I think eliminating the abatement necessarily affects the number of middle class students and obviously teacher retention rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty obnoxious that the schools don’t do more.

I think you get a pretty significant preference for purposes of admission.

LOL

Let them eat cake

I didn’t mean for that to come across as out-of-touch. I think you have to have a high- earning spouse to attend certain schools. The value for some of the teachers in that situation is the preference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know a couple of people who teach at Catholic high schools and their children attend at a significant discount.

At our catholic k-8 I think they get something like a $2k reduction in tuition. It’s not much, given how low the salaries are.

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They do.

It's an employee market. At least it is for now.

[Anonymous]

STA does 100% tuition remission for staff and faculty.