Where do Professors Send Their Children?

[Anonymous]

my professor friend sends his daughter to Maret...

[Anonymous]

After many years in public, we sent our faculty brat to Burke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
of the two sets of professor parents I know in the (D.C.) neighborhood, one set sends their teens to WIS and the other send their elementary kid to GDS


Interesting. Are both parents in both couples profs? If so, they may be just managing it, sort of the equivalent of the two-govt-worker couples at some privates. Or maybe the teach in a field that lends itself to lots of consulting work?

I don't want to 'out' these people, but, in the case of WIS family, I'm pretty sure that one parent has written several books for the general public. They've also owned their house for a looong time, which helps. Both parents are profs.

In the case of the GDS family, they have just the one kid. So that's, what, $3K a month you have to find in your budget? I guess they do it, they certainly don't live lavishly. Both parents are profs.

[Anonymous]

In re profs' income and wealth, it depends on what field they're in. Business professors make a lot more than English profs. Also it depends on what school they're at and where they are in their careers. A star researcher who is on the verge of being hired away from a research university with deep pockets can get a substantial raise.

But a tenured prof at small lower level teaching oriented school -- don't hold your breath.

Also some profs have inheritance they can tap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We send ours to Norwood.

Right you do...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In re profs' income and wealth, it depends on what field they're in. Business professors make a lot more than English profs. Also it depends on what school they're at and where they are in their careers. A star researcher who is on the verge of being hired away from a research university with deep pockets can get a substantial raise.

But a tenured prof at small lower level teaching oriented school -- don't hold your breath.

Also some profs have inheritance they can tap.

Median salary for a professor at my stage in my field: $62,000.

[Anonymous]

I'm a prof and we send our child to GDS. There are several prof families I know there, and as PP noted, one is usually not an academic (and therefore tends to earn more). My colleagues send their children to various schools, including GDS, Maret, WIS, SSAS, and publics in NoVa, elementary in upper NW DC, and high school in Montgomery County. Basically, they send their children to the highly regarded schools in the area, but if they can afford it, tend to go private (or to TJ if in NoVA).

[Anonymous]

Prof with child in Sidwell LS. It seems that there are a number of faculty kids at Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Gonzaga, Visitation, Our Lady of Mercy (Potomac), Holy Trinity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In re profs' income and wealth, it depends on what field they're in. Business professors make a lot more than English profs. Also it depends on what school they're at and where they are in their careers. A star researcher who is on the verge of being hired away from a research university with deep pockets can get a substantial raise.

But a tenured prof at small lower level teaching oriented school -- don't hold your breath.

Also some profs have inheritance they can tap.

Median salary for a professor at my stage in my field: $62,000.

Yeah, like I said, it depends. I know a prof in the humanities making over 200k - but she is something of a star. Me, when I was in academia, I was making 46. Guess you can figure that I wasn't a star!

[Anonymous]

200K in not uncommon in many fields these days -- for tenured faculty.

[Anonymous]

Montgomery County public schools for our kids.

[Anonymous]

The more compelling question, though, is where do douchebags send their kids :roll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:200K in not uncommon in many fields these days -- for tenured faculty.

Not true in the humanities. It is very rare to make more than 100K, unless one is very senior, in admin, or a star.

[Anonymous]

I'm a prof. in a large department (so prett big sample). My kids are in DC private, but with the exception of one colleague (kids in religious school), children of my colleagues all are in public.

BTW, in the Norwood thread this is a spinoff from the claim of those saying Norwood is not an intellectual hotbed for the kids didn't say there weren't lots of educated parents (even .... professors!). Those defending the school made the assumption that it is about the parents.