Is anyone choosing less expensive schools because of DOGE?

[Anonymous]

Our kids go where they get in. Having ANY money for this, much less multiple offers, is a privilege. One feds shouldn't generally have, by the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kids go where they get in. Having ANY money for this, much less multiple offers, is a privilege. One feds shouldn't generally have, by the way.

Really? Why not?

[Anonymous]

I'm not afraid of, nor doing anything differently, because of a gang of tech bros. Eff 'em.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rich people are ruining America. Congratulations. You win. But the addiction to money, greed, and corruption is toxic

They have all the money thay can spend. Their next acquisition is power to control those they see as inferior and make their lives miserable.

[Anonymous]

My husband was riffed We may have to go with the Catholic option bc it will be hard to find a new job with 1000s looking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our kids go where they get in. Having ANY money for this, much less multiple offers, is a privilege. One feds shouldn't generally have, by the way.

Why should Feds not have the privilege of private school?

And what about the non-Feds affected by this? Quite a few companies that do consulting, contract work, or other business for the Fed gov’t are RIF’ing too. Our team lost about a dozen people last week, including an Emmy-winning creative director.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband was riffed We may have to go with the Catholic option bc it will be hard to find a new job with 1000s looking

Very sorry to hear this. Had you already committed to the other school? Or are you still within the deadline for the Catholic.

Stressful I’m sure—again very sorry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DD was accepted into SR, Visi, and SJC. We chose SJC due to the financial uncertainties. With merit & music scholarships, the SJC tuition is less than half of the other two schools.

This was exactly our scenario minus SR. Although the music program also weighed heavily in favor of SJC, not just the price. My DD is excited for marching band.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DD was accepted into SR, Visi, and SJC. We chose SJC due to the financial uncertainties. With merit & music scholarships, the SJC tuition is less than half of the other two schools.

This was exactly our scenario minus SR. Although the music program also weighed heavily in favor of SJC, not just the price. My DD is excited for marching band.

Yes! And the Cadet Corps looks really interesting too. We also liked that SJC doesn’t have the cliquey, snobbish vibe that Visi does. I like that SJC takes students of all calibers, both academically and athletically, so my kid is exposed to all types of people. But, they don’t accept nonsense and expect kids to live up to certain standards. We’re very happy with our decision.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kids go where they get in. Having ANY money for this, much less multiple offers, is a privilege. One feds shouldn't generally have, by the way.

yeah, God forbid the government hire people with experience and skills and pay them market value. They should all be taking huge pay cuts, unable to afford living in this area, and living with the threat of losing their jobs on some billionaire's whim, just for the privilege of working for the government.

[Anonymous]

Giving up my kid's HS spot. I don't know how to break the news. She is going to be devastated, but the school couldn't offer enough aid.

It was already a stretch keeping her there for the past 6 years, but on one salary it would be impossible.

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Anonymous wrote:Giving up my kid's HS spot. I don't know how to break the news. She is going to be devastated, but the school couldn't offer enough aid.

It was already a stretch keeping her there for the past 6 years, but on one salary it would be impossible.

I’m so sorry. I would reach out to the school one more time before breaking the news. Maybe they can close the gap.

[Anonymous]

Send your kids to our public schools where I went. Our teachers unions do a great job. It is hard to have sympathy for people who intend to go beyond their means.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a choice between one of the most expensive independent schools, a moderately priced independent school and a Catholic school that is 20,000 less than the first school. We are trying not to let cost factor into the decision because we know fit us the most important thing but it is hard.

Is anyone else facing this and how do you think about it?

Yes. Too much uncertainty and I just lost my job as a fed contractor. DH still working. We have a lot of money saved and we're not in dire financial straits, but now only looking at Catholic and public HS options rather than independent HS because of cost.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband was riffed We may have to go with the Catholic option bc it will be hard to find a new job with 1000s looking

Why catholic is better than Public school? They pay teachers so little.