Sidwell - 2023-24 tuition for PK-2 will be $50k

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell isn't homogeneous, fwiw. It is very diverse, both economically and racially.

At $50k/yr?

I don’t think diversity means what you think it does.

I don't think you have any clue how much the school spends in financial aid.

For families making over $250k?

Do you have any FARMS kids? Did you ever have any Dreamers? Any kids straight from Union Station speaking only Spanish? Any homeless kids? Any kids who are medically fragile? Down Syndrome? LEVEL 2 autism? Any?

You have no true diversity.

It is a rigorous independent school. Kids with Level 2 autism or downs would not be able to handle the daily requirements academically. Why would you want to put kids into situations they would not be able to handle?

You have sidestepped the much larger group of very bright but poor and/or immigrant students. I work at a public elementary full of them. Very bright, very capable students who would do great at your school but will never have the chance because they are not a money-making opportunity for this private business. And that’s why we have public schools. Because schools shouldn’t be about profit.

[Anonymous]

It's just a matter of supply and demand. It's mathematical. The price is what people will pay.

[Anonymous]

PPs triggered by a notion that Sidwell has broad name recognition.

Also PPs: it’s a *Sidwell* thread; lemme spend hours if my life spilling wine and bile onto dcum pages

Note to self in re OP: Have to do better on the parent entry interviews.

I’m not reading this crap, I already know what it says from [checks notes] every time anyone mentions *Sidwell*

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[Anonymous]

Yes, at bottom. But the tuition also drives the demand. It is a feature, not a bug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, at bottom. But the tuition also drives the demand. It is a feature, not a bug.

Do you mean the backward bending curve? It's real for private schools, yes. I do think with education, people look heavily into quality so it may be kept in check.

[Anonymous]

OMG it costs the same as the other schools ; it’s five hundred bucks more than Bullis FFS. Where would you rather go if you could get in? This is a stupid discussion. I know human IQ is on an unrelenting bell curve, but I cringe whenever that’s so evident in public as with the posters on this thread. Thick or malicious, which are you? Or a combo special like the OP?

[Anonymous]

New York Times:
“Sidwell has long been described by some as the Harvard of Washington's private schools. Its tuition runs as high as $29,442 a year.”

Fees went up over the past 15 years but little else has changed. Now you know. You’re welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New York Times:
“Sidwell has long been described by some as the Harvard of Washington's private schools. Its tuition runs as high as $29,442 a year.”

Fees went up over the past 15 years but little else has changed. Now you know. You’re welcome.

What has changed?

Insurance costs, faculty tuition, cost of living, add-ons demanded by parents in terms of facilities, IT, arts and music resources, learning specialists etc. And of course, MOAR COLLEGE GUIDANCE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New York Times:
“Sidwell has long been described by some as the Harvard of Washington's private schools. Its tuition runs as high as $29,442 a year.”

Fees went up over the past 15 years but little else has changed. Now you know. You’re welcome.

What has changed?

Insurance costs, faculty tuition, cost of living, add-ons demanded by parents in terms of facilities, IT, arts and music resources, learning specialists etc. And of course, MOAR COLLEGE GUIDANCE

"Sidwell has long been described by [Sidwell families, some high-profile but no less self-serving] as the Harvard of Washington's private schools."

Sidwell is known. This is goofy.

[Anonymous]

How about everyone who goes to Sidwell donates 50k a year to charity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about everyone who goes to Sidwell donates 50k a year to charity?

A lot of them who can afford it, do. What is your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New York Times:
“Sidwell has long been described by some as the Harvard of Washington's private schools. Its tuition runs as high as $29,442 a year.”

Fees went up over the past 15 years but little else has changed. Now you know. You’re welcome.

Actually St. Albans has been the Harvard and Sidwell has been another Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Mkay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sheesh some of my fellow parents suck. OP you wasted no time to copy/paste the internal communications huh? Why?!

+1

Fellow SFS parent here and I'm asking the same thing….why the rush to post? Why even post it at all? There are plenty of great schools in this area, so if you have an issue with the increase, then take it up with the school or enroll your child elsewhere. I would have probably been OK with you mentioning the increase just to see how others felt about it, but posting an entire letter that was meant for the school community was just unnecessary and messy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sheesh some of my fellow parents suck. OP you wasted no time to copy/paste the internal communications huh? Why?!

+1

Fellow SFS parent here and I'm asking the same thing….why the rush to post? Why even post it at all? There are plenty of great schools in this area, so if you have an issue with the increase, then take it up with the school or enroll your child elsewhere. I would have probably been OK with you mentioning the increase just to see how others felt about it, but posting an entire letter that was meant for the school community was just unnecessary and messy.

+1