should private and independent school provide accountability and transparency admission

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny these posts. Its sounds a lot like “Keep the government hands off my Medicare” schools receive generous government subsidies through tax exemption to later say “we can do whatever we want because we are independent schools”. Pay your taxes and then we talk.

Fine, then refund my taxes that go to public schools because my child is not using those resources because she’s at a private. I bet you the tax exemptions that the private schools get are less than the taxes that parents of private school students pay to fund public schools.

People who send their kids to private, on average, have higher HHI. So they are also likely to pay a disproportionate amount of taxes to fund public schools.

[Anonymous]

All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Over 11 pages now you continue to display why you would not be a good fit for an elite private school, the only thing I don’t understand is why you continue to demand acceptance into schools you don’t think should exist. Please move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Over 11 pages now you continue to display why you would not be a good fit for an elite private school, the only thing I don’t understand is why you continue to demand acceptance into schools you don’t think should exist. Please move on.

We can do whatever we want because we don’t receive federal grants except for the millions in subsidies. Enjoy ! You totally deserve it !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Here some simple math for you. It costs on average $19,750 a year to educate a student in Fairfax County. Our private has 650 students. $19,750 x 650 = $12,837,500, that’s the taxes that private school parents pay for services not used. The average corporate tax rate in the US is 21%. So assuming $55,000 tuition X 650 students = $35.75M in revenue for the school taxed at 21% = $7.5M in ‘owed’ taxes. The taxes owed or ‘exemption’ is still significantly less what are paid by the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Here some simple math for you. It costs on average $19,750 a year to educate a student in Fairfax County. Our private has 650 students. $19,750 x 650 = $12,837,500, that’s the taxes that private school parents pay for services not used. The average corporate tax rate in the US is 21%. So assuming $55,000 tuition X 650 students = $35.75M in revenue for the school taxed at 21% = $7.5M in ‘owed’ taxes. The taxes owed or ‘exemption’ is still significantly less what are paid by the parents.

Oh, these tax calculations are based on revenue and not profit so they are extremely conservative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Here some simple math for you. It costs on average $19,750 a year to educate a student in Fairfax County. Our private has 650 students. $19,750 x 650 = $12,837,500, that’s the taxes that private school parents pay for services not used. The average corporate tax rate in the US is 21%. So assuming $55,000 tuition X 650 students = $35.75M in revenue for the school taxed at 21% = $7.5M in ‘owed’ taxes. The taxes owed or ‘exemption’ is still significantly less what are paid by the parents.

I see a good candidate for the sidwell board. Amazing 👏. You deserve your subsidies ! Bravo !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny these posts. Its sounds a lot like “Keep the government hands off my Medicare” schools receive generous government subsidies through tax exemption to later say “we can do whatever we want because we are independent schools”. Pay your taxes and then we talk.

Fine, then refund my taxes that go to public schools because my child is not using those resources because she’s at a private. I bet you the tax exemptions that the private schools get are less than the taxes that parents of private school students pay to fund public schools.

People who send their kids to private, on average, have higher HHI. So they are also likely to pay a disproportionate amount of taxes to fund public schools.

That’s why school deserve a subsidy ? 👏

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Here some simple math for you. It costs on average $19,750 a year to educate a student in Fairfax County. Our private has 650 students. $19,750 x 650 = $12,837,500, that’s the taxes that private school parents pay for services not used. The average corporate tax rate in the US is 21%. So assuming $55,000 tuition X 650 students = $35.75M in revenue for the school taxed at 21% = $7.5M in ‘owed’ taxes. The taxes owed or ‘exemption’ is still significantly less what are paid by the parents.

I see a good candidate for the sidwell board. Amazing 👏. You deserve your subsidies ! Bravo !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny these posts. Its sounds a lot like “Keep the government hands off my Medicare” schools receive generous government subsidies through tax exemption to later say “we can do whatever we want because we are independent schools”. Pay your taxes and then we talk.

Fine, then refund my taxes that go to public schools because my child is not using those resources because she’s at a private. I bet you the tax exemptions that the private schools get are less than the taxes that parents of private school students pay to fund public schools.

People who send their kids to private, on average, have higher HHI. So they are also likely to pay a disproportionate amount of taxes to fund public schools.

Yup, paid more than 90k in income taxes alone last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Over 11 pages now you continue to display why you would not be a good fit for an elite private school, the only thing I don’t understand is why you continue to demand acceptance into schools you don’t think should exist. Please move on.

We can do whatever we want because we don’t receive federal grants except for the millions in subsidies. Enjoy ! You totally deserve it !

Your sarcasm comes off as bitter and further makes the point that your family would not be a good fit in our community. I don’t know why you desperately want to gain admissions to schools you think should be eliminated. These schools will continue to exist to educate the elite long after we’re gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these parent think like sidwell board.

This is from the washington post in 2020 related to the paycheck protection program intended for small businesses:

The Board determined that accepting the loan was appropriate and fully consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, as well as our Quaker values,” Sidwell board members wrote in a letter to the school community.

Enjoy your subsidies rich families. You deserve it !!!

Over 11 pages now you continue to display why you would not be a good fit for an elite private school, the only thing I don’t understand is why you continue to demand acceptance into schools you don’t think should exist. Please move on.

We can do whatever we want because we don’t receive federal grants except for the millions in subsidies. Enjoy ! You totally deserve it !

Your sarcasm comes off as bitter and further makes the point that your family would not be a good fit in our community. I don’t know why you desperately want to gain admissions to schools you think should be eliminated. These schools will continue to exist to educate the elite long after we’re gone.

I have yet to develop the skill to receive government subsidies and be proud of not being dependent of the government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny these posts. Its sounds a lot like “Keep the government hands off my Medicare” schools receive generous government subsidies through tax exemption to later say “we can do whatever we want because we are independent schools”. Pay your taxes and then we talk.

Fine, then refund my taxes that go to public schools because my child is not using those resources because she’s at a private. I bet you the tax exemptions that the private schools get are less than the taxes that parents of private school students pay to fund public schools.

People who send their kids to private, on average, have higher HHI. So they are also likely to pay a disproportionate amount of taxes to fund public schools.

Yup, paid more than 90k in income taxes alone last year.

Yup. So we need more school subsidies to offset that.

[Anonymous]

I am truly dumber for having read most of this thread. Is the angry poster expressing outrage that donations to not-for-profit private schools are tax deductible?

The disdain seems so disjointed that I can even figure out the core grievance other than that their kid…I mean “their friend’s kids,”….didn’t get admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am truly dumber for having read most of this thread. Is the angry poster expressing outrage that donations to not-for-profit private schools are tax deductible?

The disdain seems so disjointed that I can even figure out the core grievance other than that their kid…I mean “their friend’s kids,”….didn’t get admitted.

No need to read 11 pages.

Op : schools should be more accountable for the admission process

Most people : we are not suppose to be accountable in private schools . We can do whatever we want because we don’t receive federal grants

Someone else : well, you receive millions in subsidies. Shouldn’t you a bit more grateful with the government.

Rest: we think like sidwell. If we get subsidies from the government that’s ok. We are entitled to that because we already pay a way lot in taxes. We don’t care if those subsidies would instead be allocated to public education.

I will leave it there. Cannot refute the last arguments. If you feel entitled to subsidies, well enjoy them !