Question on High Tuition…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But I do think that there is a distortion in the market. If public schools were better, private school would be cheaper. The actual situation is one of lack of competition, I believe.

There are over 100 private schools in the DC area, with a range of tuitions. You would be hard pressed to make a market concentration case.

Put differently, for a monopoly case it’s not enough for there to be a limited supply of providers. You would have to demonstrate that there is a player with outsized market power and is exploiting that power. Or else collusion between schools to fix prices. But given the range, the case would go nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Salaries of HOS are close to 1 million in the top DC schools.

This is nauseating. Their main skill is PR.

Try fundraising for several millions of dollars a year and then let’s talk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Salaries of HOS are close to 1 million in the top DC schools.

This is nauseating. Their main skill is PR.

Try fundraising for several millions of dollars a year and then let’s talk.

Why don’t you have a fundraising committee working the work?
Heads are supposed to be focused on the students, NOT fundraising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Salaries of HOS are close to 1 million in the top DC schools.

This is nauseating. Their main skill is PR.

Try fundraising for several millions of dollars a year and then let’s talk.

Why don’t you have a fundraising committee working the work?
Heads are supposed to be focused on the students, NOT fundraising.

*doing the work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Salaries of HOS are close to 1 million in the top DC schools.

This is nauseating. Their main skill is PR.

Try fundraising for several millions of dollars a year and then let’s talk.

Why don’t you have a fundraising committee working the work?
Heads are supposed to be focused on the students, NOT fundraising.

*doing the work?

How much do you have to pay that committee? Do you think a big donor you’re targeting a multi-million dollar request is going to meet with the committee or the HOS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But I do think that there is a distortion in the market. If public schools were better, private school would be cheaper. The actual situation is one of lack of competition, I believe.

There are over 100 private schools in the DC area, with a range of tuitions. You would be hard pressed to make a market concentration case.

Put differently, for a monopoly case it’s not enough for there to be a limited supply of providers. You would have to demonstrate that there is a player with outsized market power and is exploiting that power. Or else collusion between schools to fix prices. But given the range, the case would go nowhere.

Not monopoly. Lack of competition. If you could have free high quality public education, why would you go to private. I think there is not enough public schools competing with private schools.

[Anonymous]

But the question is if all the tuition increase is justified or not. There seem to be unlimited demand for the current price, but still are the higher prices associated with better quality, or it’s just profits that are absorbed by admin staff. (For instance by expanding admin staff).

[Anonymous]

It’s a private school. They can charge whatever they want. Only the people who can’t afford it are complaining about the cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a private school. They can charge whatever they want. Only the people who can’t afford it are complaining about the cost.

Not complaining at all. The US legal system allows consumers to contest abusive practices by corporations. Nothing outrageous about that. Just curious if there was something similar in DC. In Arizona has being proposed. Nothing crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Salaries of HOS are close to 1 million in the top DC schools.

This is nauseating. Their main skill is PR.

Try fundraising for several millions of dollars a year and then let’s talk.

Why don’t you have a fundraising committee working the work?
Heads are supposed to be focused on the students, NOT fundraising.

Okay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a private school. They can charge whatever they want. Only the people who can’t afford it are complaining about the cost.

Not complaining at all. The US legal system allows consumers to contest abusive practices by corporations. Nothing outrageous about that. Just curious if there was something similar in DC. In Arizona has being proposed. Nothing crazy.

The US legal system does NOT allow consumers to successfully contest private school tuition costs. Private school is not a right. If you can’t afford it or don’t want to pay…then don’t. Your children will receive a taxpayer funded public education like the rest of the masses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But I do think that there is a distortion in the market. If public schools were better, private school would be cheaper. The actual situation is one of lack of competition, I believe.

There are over 100 private schools in the DC area, with a range of tuitions. You would be hard pressed to make a market concentration case.

Put differently, for a monopoly case it’s not enough for there to be a limited supply of providers. You would have to demonstrate that there is a player with outsized market power and is exploiting that power. Or else collusion between schools to fix prices. But given the range, the case would go nowhere.

Not monopoly. Lack of competition. If you could have free high quality public education, why would you go to private. I think there is not enough public schools competing with private schools.

Perceived prestige, class and keeping up with the Jonesses.
Not a lack of competition, in fact the top private schools cannot compete with the top public schools in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Salaries of HOS are close to 1 million in the top DC schools.

Where is this info published, and how do we know it’s accurate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Salaries of HOS are close to 1 million in the top DC schools.

This is nauseating. Their main skill is PR.

It's a 24 hour a day job year round, and every one working in education from maintenance to teachers to administrators have earned their keep in recent years. Especially in the DC area. It's non-stop stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a quick question.

Normally if there are monopolistic practices that are detrimental to consumers you could file a claim at the federal trade commission or the office of consumer protection in dc. Is there anything similar for schools, or in essence they are free to charge anything they want. This is genuine question. Thank you.

oh brother.