Private School Possible with Household Income <$80K

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Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

DEI doesn't mean every single person who wants to go to private school gets to go to private school for free. Free school is public school. Private schools and their aid budgets are funded by other parents paying full tuition plus contributing to the annual fund. Whether that's right or fair is beside the point. That's the reality.

Diversity and inclusion means you have a huge range of students. Families making under $80K should be far more deserving of a family making $200-300K who claims poverty because of their housing and other lifestyle choices. Its funny how these schools and families preach what they don't practice.

SAHM and homeschooling usually *is* a lifestyle choice.

I would definitely choose to quit my job and stay home if it meant we could get financial aid to send my kids to private for free! Suspect many others would also be interested in that sweet deal.

How would u pay your rent, groceries, and all your other expenses. Nobody is going to purposely not have income just to get free tuition.

I only have to work so that I can send my kids to private school. If we did not have to pay for 3 kids private a school education, my DH’s salary would be more than enough.

Having three kids was a choice you made. And, three kids are expensive. You probably could have stopped at one and then been a SAH and paid for private.

Well, right, it was a choice. PP chooses to work to put her three kids in private. And OP chooses not to work, but then expects to get financial aid for "diversity" though hasn't given any indication of what would make her student/family stand out against dozens of others with similar income levels. So she'll have to roll the dice and she if she gets offered anything and if it will be enough. All choices.

This. A parent who doesn't want to work isn't the kind of diversity they're looking for. Private schools have plenty of parents who don't want to work.

BINGO. OP, you bring nothing to the table needed for this meal but you're asking for a handout.

I am going to guess that you are white and living in PG county and homeschooling because you are afraid of the schools? And your DH is military maybe? because what else public service is he maxing out at $80k after a long career? Even bus drivers can make more than that.

Lots of government jobs - county and federal max out at that income level. They especially max out at the local/county level. Military would be enlisted and you wouldn't make $80K except if you are including housing allowance. Enlisted, even at 20 years and higher ranking don't make that much. Kinda sad if we pay bus drivers more than military.

They are probably local/county government.

No, my guess is he's military and plays an instrument. She said about him (to paraphrase): "he has been training for this career since he was a child, he serves our country and he can't transfer to a higher paying job".
I bet he does something like plays trumpet for a military band. (What else could he be training for since childhood?)

He is probably enlisted (limited potential to advance in in pay)
She stays at home and homeschools.
They live somewhere in PG or way out in VA.
Not sure why their kid needs to go to a high-end high school.

Does anyone “need” to go to an expensive private?

I know several kids who "need" to go to expensive privates as they have SN and the publics failed them. Other kids home schools are terrible for them and they are better off in a private. So, some kids, yes, many no.

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Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

DEI doesn't mean every single person who wants to go to private school gets to go to private school for free. Free school is public school. Private schools and their aid budgets are funded by other parents paying full tuition plus contributing to the annual fund. Whether that's right or fair is beside the point. That's the reality.

Diversity and inclusion means you have a huge range of students. Families making under $80K should be far more deserving of a family making $200-300K who claims poverty because of their housing and other lifestyle choices. Its funny how these schools and families preach what they don't practice.

SAHM and homeschooling usually *is* a lifestyle choice.

I would definitely choose to quit my job and stay home if it meant we could get financial aid to send my kids to private for free! Suspect many others would also be interested in that sweet deal.

How would u pay your rent, groceries, and all your other expenses. Nobody is going to purposely not have income just to get free tuition.

I only have to work so that I can send my kids to private school. If we did not have to pay for 3 kids private a school education, my DH’s salary would be more than enough.

Having three kids was a choice you made. And, three kids are expensive. You probably could have stopped at one and then been a SAH and paid for private.

Well, right, it was a choice. PP chooses to work to put her three kids in private. And OP chooses not to work, but then expects to get financial aid for "diversity" though hasn't given any indication of what would make her student/family stand out against dozens of others with similar income levels. So she'll have to roll the dice and she if she gets offered anything and if it will be enough. All choices.

This. A parent who doesn't want to work isn't the kind of diversity they're looking for. Private schools have plenty of parents who don't want to work.

BINGO. OP, you bring nothing to the table needed for this meal but you're asking for a handout.

I am going to guess that you are white and living in PG county and homeschooling because you are afraid of the schools? And your DH is military maybe? because what else public service is he maxing out at $80k after a long career? Even bus drivers can make more than that.

Lots of government jobs - county and federal max out at that income level. They especially max out at the local/county level. Military would be enlisted and you wouldn't make $80K except if you are including housing allowance. Enlisted, even at 20 years and higher ranking don't make that much. Kinda sad if we pay bus drivers more than military.

They are probably local/county government.

No, my guess is he's military and plays an instrument. She said about him (to paraphrase): "he has been training for this career since he was a child, he serves our country and he can't transfer to a higher paying job".
I bet he does something like plays trumpet for a military band. (What else could he be training for since childhood?)

He is probably enlisted (limited potential to advance in in pay)
She stays at home and homeschools.
They live somewhere in PG or way out in VA.
Not sure why their kid needs to go to a high-end high school.

What is wrong with you that you are so nasty and hostile? And, hate military, the very people keeping this country safe so you can live in comfort which many other citizens of other countries don't have the luxury to do.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

DEI doesn't mean every single person who wants to go to private school gets to go to private school for free. Free school is public school. Private schools and their aid budgets are funded by other parents paying full tuition plus contributing to the annual fund. Whether that's right or fair is beside the point. That's the reality.

Diversity and inclusion means you have a huge range of students. Families making under $80K should be far more deserving of a family making $200-300K who claims poverty because of their housing and other lifestyle choices. Its funny how these schools and families preach what they don't practice.

SAHM and homeschooling usually *is* a lifestyle choice.

I would definitely choose to quit my job and stay home if it meant we could get financial aid to send my kids to private for free! Suspect many others would also be interested in that sweet deal.

How would u pay your rent, groceries, and all your other expenses. Nobody is going to purposely not have income just to get free tuition.

I only have to work so that I can send my kids to private school. If we did not have to pay for 3 kids private a school education, my DH’s salary would be more than enough.

Having three kids was a choice you made. And, three kids are expensive. You probably could have stopped at one and then been a SAH and paid for private.

Well, right, it was a choice. PP chooses to work to put her three kids in private. And OP chooses not to work, but then expects to get financial aid for "diversity" though hasn't given any indication of what would make her student/family stand out against dozens of others with similar income levels. So she'll have to roll the dice and she if she gets offered anything and if it will be enough. All choices.

This. A parent who doesn't want to work isn't the kind of diversity they're looking for. Private schools have plenty of parents who don't want to work.

BINGO. OP, you bring nothing to the table needed for this meal but you're asking for a handout.

I am going to guess that you are white and living in PG county and homeschooling because you are afraid of the schools? And your DH is military maybe? because what else public service is he maxing out at $80k after a long career? Even bus drivers can make more than that.

Lots of government jobs - county and federal max out at that income level. They especially max out at the local/county level. Military would be enlisted and you wouldn't make $80K except if you are including housing allowance. Enlisted, even at 20 years and higher ranking don't make that much. Kinda sad if we pay bus drivers more than military.

They are probably local/county government.

No, my guess is he's military and plays an instrument. She said about him (to paraphrase): "he has been training for this career since he was a child, he serves our country and he can't transfer to a higher paying job".
I bet he does something like plays trumpet for a military band. (What else could he be training for since childhood?)

He is probably enlisted (limited potential to advance in in pay)
She stays at home and homeschools.
They live somewhere in PG or way out in VA.
Not sure why their kid needs to go to a high-end high school.

What is wrong with you that you are so nasty and hostile? And, hate military, the very people keeping this country safe so you can live in comfort which many other citizens of other countries don't have the luxury to do.

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Pretty weird follow up to “he probably plays in a military band”. I’m grateful for his trumpet playing, I guess? Yay America!

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Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

DEI doesn't mean every single person who wants to go to private school gets to go to private school for free. Free school is public school. Private schools and their aid budgets are funded by other parents paying full tuition plus contributing to the annual fund. Whether that's right or fair is beside the point. That's the reality.

Diversity and inclusion means you have a huge range of students. Families making under $80K should be far more deserving of a family making $200-300K who claims poverty because of their housing and other lifestyle choices. Its funny how these schools and families preach what they don't practice.

SAHM and homeschooling usually *is* a lifestyle choice.

I would definitely choose to quit my job and stay home if it meant we could get financial aid to send my kids to private for free! Suspect many others would also be interested in that sweet deal.

How would u pay your rent, groceries, and all your other expenses. Nobody is going to purposely not have income just to get free tuition.

I only have to work so that I can send my kids to private school. If we did not have to pay for 3 kids private a school education, my DH’s salary would be more than enough.

Having three kids was a choice you made. And, three kids are expensive. You probably could have stopped at one and then been a SAH and paid for private.

Well, right, it was a choice. PP chooses to work to put her three kids in private. And OP chooses not to work, but then expects to get financial aid for "diversity" though hasn't given any indication of what would make her student/family stand out against dozens of others with similar income levels. So she'll have to roll the dice and she if she gets offered anything and if it will be enough. All choices.

This. A parent who doesn't want to work isn't the kind of diversity they're looking for. Private schools have plenty of parents who don't want to work.

BINGO. OP, you bring nothing to the table needed for this meal but you're asking for a handout.

I am going to guess that you are white and living in PG county and homeschooling because you are afraid of the schools? And your DH is military maybe? because what else public service is he maxing out at $80k after a long career? Even bus drivers can make more than that.

Lots of government jobs - county and federal max out at that income level. They especially max out at the local/county level. Military would be enlisted and you wouldn't make $80K except if you are including housing allowance. Enlisted, even at 20 years and higher ranking don't make that much. Kinda sad if we pay bus drivers more than military.

They are probably local/county government.

No, my guess is he's military and plays an instrument. She said about him (to paraphrase): "he has been training for this career since he was a child, he serves our country and he can't transfer to a higher paying job".
I bet he does something like plays trumpet for a military band. (What else could he be training for since childhood?)

He is probably enlisted (limited potential to advance in in pay)
She stays at home and homeschools.
They live somewhere in PG or way out in VA.
Not sure why their kid needs to go to a high-end high school.

What is wrong with you that you are so nasty and hostile? And, hate military, the very people keeping this country safe so you can live in comfort which many other citizens of other countries don't have the luxury to do.

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Pretty weird follow up to “he probably plays in a military band”. I’m grateful for his trumpet playing, I guess? Yay America!

I highly doubt its band but really, you are a pretty horrible person.

So, what happens if your kids cannot follow your lifestyle or choose another, like a low income profession helping people. Are you going to disown them? Really, someone like you shouldn't be around "those" people.

And, you clearly don't know much about anything as all band are required to be enlisted and its a pretty elite job that many want.

[Anonymous]

Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

I really doubt OP is coming back to this thread. I wouldn't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

I really doubt OP is coming back to this thread. I wouldn't.

I would come back just to brag about the $$ I got!

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Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

I really doubt OP is coming back to this thread. I wouldn't.

I would come back just to brag about the $$ I got!

I don’t understand why we are supposed to feel bad for someone that says:
“I don’t need to work, sorry you do” and then applies for financial aid.
“I would never stick my son in daycare”, but gladly takes the money of the families that do.

Her sense of entitlement is what I despise about people like OP. I do hope that people like her won’t be in my kids and mine circles

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

DEI doesn't mean every single person who wants to go to private school gets to go to private school for free. Free school is public school. Private schools and their aid budgets are funded by other parents paying full tuition plus contributing to the annual fund. Whether that's right or fair is beside the point. That's the reality.

Diversity and inclusion means you have a huge range of students. Families making under $80K should be far more deserving of a family making $200-300K who claims poverty because of their housing and other lifestyle choices. Its funny how these schools and families preach what they don't practice.

SAHM and homeschooling usually *is* a lifestyle choice.

I would definitely choose to quit my job and stay home if it meant we could get financial aid to send my kids to private for free! Suspect many others would also be interested in that sweet deal.

How would u pay your rent, groceries, and all your other expenses. Nobody is going to purposely not have income just to get free tuition.

I only have to work so that I can send my kids to private school. If we did not have to pay for 3 kids private a school education, my DH’s salary would be more than enough.

Having three kids was a choice you made. And, three kids are expensive. You probably could have stopped at one and then been a SAH and paid for private.

Well, right, it was a choice. PP chooses to work to put her three kids in private. And OP chooses not to work, but then expects to get financial aid for "diversity" though hasn't given any indication of what would make her student/family stand out against dozens of others with similar income levels. So she'll have to roll the dice and she if she gets offered anything and if it will be enough. All choices.

This. A parent who doesn't want to work isn't the kind of diversity they're looking for. Private schools have plenty of parents who don't want to work.

BINGO. OP, you bring nothing to the table needed for this meal but you're asking for a handout.

I am going to guess that you are white and living in PG county and homeschooling because you are afraid of the schools? And your DH is military maybe? because what else public service is he maxing out at $80k after a long career? Even bus drivers can make more than that.

Lots of government jobs - county and federal max out at that income level. They especially max out at the local/county level. Military would be enlisted and you wouldn't make $80K except if you are including housing allowance. Enlisted, even at 20 years and higher ranking don't make that much. Kinda sad if we pay bus drivers more than military.

They are probably local/county government.

No, my guess is he's military and plays an instrument. She said about him (to paraphrase): "he has been training for this career since he was a child, he serves our country and he can't transfer to a higher paying job".
I bet he does something like plays trumpet for a military band. (What else could he be training for since childhood?)

He is probably enlisted (limited potential to advance in in pay)
She stays at home and homeschools.
They live somewhere in PG or way out in VA.
Not sure why their kid needs to go to a high-end high school.

Does anyone “need” to go to an expensive private?

I know several kids who "need" to go to expensive privates as they have SN and the publics failed them. Other kids home schools are terrible for them and they are better off in a private. So, some kids, yes, many no.

Those are not the schools we are talking about here. People here send their kids to expensive private schools in part to get away from the kids with SN severe enough to warrant an SN school. And even a kid with a low-performing public IB school does not “need” a school that charges +$40k/yr. No one does.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

DEI doesn't mean every single person who wants to go to private school gets to go to private school for free. Free school is public school. Private schools and their aid budgets are funded by other parents paying full tuition plus contributing to the annual fund. Whether that's right or fair is beside the point. That's the reality.

Diversity and inclusion means you have a huge range of students. Families making under $80K should be far more deserving of a family making $200-300K who claims poverty because of their housing and other lifestyle choices. Its funny how these schools and families preach what they don't practice.

SAHM and homeschooling usually *is* a lifestyle choice.

I would definitely choose to quit my job and stay home if it meant we could get financial aid to send my kids to private for free! Suspect many others would also be interested in that sweet deal.

How would u pay your rent, groceries, and all your other expenses. Nobody is going to purposely not have income just to get free tuition.

I only have to work so that I can send my kids to private school. If we did not have to pay for 3 kids private a school education, my DH’s salary would be more than enough.

Having three kids was a choice you made. And, three kids are expensive. You probably could have stopped at one and then been a SAH and paid for private.

Well, right, it was a choice. PP chooses to work to put her three kids in private. And OP chooses not to work, but then expects to get financial aid for "diversity" though hasn't given any indication of what would make her student/family stand out against dozens of others with similar income levels. So she'll have to roll the dice and she if she gets offered anything and if it will be enough. All choices.

This. A parent who doesn't want to work isn't the kind of diversity they're looking for. Private schools have plenty of parents who don't want to work.

BINGO. OP, you bring nothing to the table needed for this meal but you're asking for a handout.

I am going to guess that you are white and living in PG county and homeschooling because you are afraid of the schools? And your DH is military maybe? because what else public service is he maxing out at $80k after a long career? Even bus drivers can make more than that.

Lots of government jobs - county and federal max out at that income level. They especially max out at the local/county level. Military would be enlisted and you wouldn't make $80K except if you are including housing allowance. Enlisted, even at 20 years and higher ranking don't make that much. Kinda sad if we pay bus drivers more than military.

They are probably local/county government.

No, my guess is he's military and plays an instrument. She said about him (to paraphrase): "he has been training for this career since he was a child, he serves our country and he can't transfer to a higher paying job".
I bet he does something like plays trumpet for a military band. (What else could he be training for since childhood?)

He is probably enlisted (limited potential to advance in in pay)
She stays at home and homeschools.
They live somewhere in PG or way out in VA.
Not sure why their kid needs to go to a high-end high school.

Does anyone “need” to go to an expensive private?

I know several kids who "need" to go to expensive privates as they have SN and the publics failed them. Other kids home schools are terrible for them and they are better off in a private. So, some kids, yes, many no.

Those are not the schools we are talking about here. People here send their kids to expensive private schools in part to get away from the kids with SN severe enough to warrant an SN school. And even a kid with a low-performing public IB school does not “need” a school that charges +$40k/yr. No one does.

Most of the kids I know in private have adhd or another diagnosis. Clearly you have never had a kid in public if you think they meet sn kids needs.

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Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

I really doubt OP is coming back to this thread. I wouldn't.

I would come back just to brag about the $$ I got!

I don’t understand why we are supposed to feel bad for someone that says:
“I don’t need to work, sorry you do” and then applies for financial aid.
“I would never stick my son in daycare”, but gladly takes the money of the families that do.

Her sense of entitlement is what I despise about people like OP. I do hope that people like her won’t be in my kids and mine circles

You have a huge sense of entitlement if you want kids from lower income families away from yours. You should fire the housekeeper as she is not worthy to be near you. These schools screaming equity and inclusion are a joke.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

I really doubt OP is coming back to this thread. I wouldn't.

I would come back just to brag about the $$ I got!

I don’t understand why we are supposed to feel bad for someone that says:
“I don’t need to work, sorry you do” and then applies for financial aid.
“I would never stick my son in daycare”, but gladly takes the money of the families that do.

Her sense of entitlement is what I despise about people like OP. I do hope that people like her won’t be in my kids and mine circles

You have a huge sense of entitlement if you want kids from lower income families away from yours. You should fire the housekeeper as she is not worthy to be near you. These schools screaming equity and inclusion are a joke.

Sorry OP, but your logic makes no sense. I have no problem with lower income families. My kids all play with my nanny’s kids and we think of them as family. I have issue with you and people like you who look down on people that actually work to be able to afford what they (and obviously you) value. But you are not willing to work. You are lazy. And yes, I wish my kids were not surrounded by lazy kids as well. I want my kids to learn that they need to work hard for what they want and not just expect it without doing anything.

Also, you are the one that wrote “I don’t need to work, sorry you do” so you clearly look down on people that need to work (to afford private school). And you also look down on people that use daycare because that is beneath you and your precious snowflake.
Don’t turn this conversation around… you don’t look very smart

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

I really doubt OP is coming back to this thread. I wouldn't.

I would come back just to brag about the $$ I got!

I don’t understand why we are supposed to feel bad for someone that says:
“I don’t need to work, sorry you do” and then applies for financial aid.
“I would never stick my son in daycare”, but gladly takes the money of the families that do.

Her sense of entitlement is what I despise about people like OP. I do hope that people like her won’t be in my kids and mine circles

You have a huge sense of entitlement if you want kids from lower income families away from yours. You should fire the housekeeper as she is not worthy to be near you. These schools screaming equity and inclusion are a joke.

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She didn't say that she didn't want low income people around her children. She said that she didn't want entitled low income people who think that they are better than people who have to work and send their children to daycare while they plan to mooch off of those who full pay. Our family is lower-income based on DMV standards and we receive a huge chunk in FA. But we work our tails off to offset the amount that isn't covered by financial aid. I wouldn't dream of not working by choice and still having my hand out. Hell, she could drive uber or do door dash or something.

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Anonymous wrote:Why cannot you just go to public school ????

What ever happened to diversity, inclusion and equity?

DEI doesn't mean every single person who wants to go to private school gets to go to private school for free. Free school is public school. Private schools and their aid budgets are funded by other parents paying full tuition plus contributing to the annual fund. Whether that's right or fair is beside the point. That's the reality.

Diversity and inclusion means you have a huge range of students. Families making under $80K should be far more deserving of a family making $200-300K who claims poverty because of their housing and other lifestyle choices. Its funny how these schools and families preach what they don't practice.

SAHM and homeschooling usually *is* a lifestyle choice.

I would definitely choose to quit my job and stay home if it meant we could get financial aid to send my kids to private for free! Suspect many others would also be interested in that sweet deal.

How would u pay your rent, groceries, and all your other expenses. Nobody is going to purposely not have income just to get free tuition.

I only have to work so that I can send my kids to private school. If we did not have to pay for 3 kids private a school education, my DH’s salary would be more than enough.

Having three kids was a choice you made. And, three kids are expensive. You probably could have stopped at one and then been a SAH and paid for private.

Well, right, it was a choice. PP chooses to work to put her three kids in private. And OP chooses not to work, but then expects to get financial aid for "diversity" though hasn't given any indication of what would make her student/family stand out against dozens of others with similar income levels. So she'll have to roll the dice and she if she gets offered anything and if it will be enough. All choices.

This. A parent who doesn't want to work isn't the kind of diversity they're looking for. Private schools have plenty of parents who don't want to work.

BINGO. OP, you bring nothing to the table needed for this meal but you're asking for a handout.

I am going to guess that you are white and living in PG county and homeschooling because you are afraid of the schools? And your DH is military maybe? because what else public service is he maxing out at $80k after a long career? Even bus drivers can make more than that.

Lots of government jobs - county and federal max out at that income level. They especially max out at the local/county level. Military would be enlisted and you wouldn't make $80K except if you are including housing allowance. Enlisted, even at 20 years and higher ranking don't make that much. Kinda sad if we pay bus drivers more than military.

They are probably local/county government.

No, my guess is he's military and plays an instrument. She said about him (to paraphrase): "he has been training for this career since he was a child, he serves our country and he can't transfer to a higher paying job".
I bet he does something like plays trumpet for a military band. (What else could he be training for since childhood?)

He is probably enlisted (limited potential to advance in in pay)
She stays at home and homeschools.
They live somewhere in PG or way out in VA.
Not sure why their kid needs to go to a high-end high school.

Does anyone “need” to go to an expensive private?

I know several kids who "need" to go to expensive privates as they have SN and the publics failed them. Other kids home schools are terrible for them and they are better off in a private. So, some kids, yes, many no.

Those are not the schools we are talking about here. People here send their kids to expensive private schools in part to get away from the kids with SN severe enough to warrant an SN school. And even a kid with a low-performing public IB school does not “need” a school that charges +$40k/yr. No one does.

Most of the kids I know in private have adhd or another diagnosis. Clearly you have never had a kid in public if you think they meet sn kids needs.

I am one of those parents whose kids are/have been in both private and public (!). One of mine has a diagnosis so I am plenty familiar with the failings of public schools. You must know that the sliver of the private school population you know is not representative of the private school population in general. Do you really think most of over 4,000 students at the expensive privates have SN?

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Anonymous wrote:Dear OP,
Please come back in March and update us on how things turned out!

I really doubt OP is coming back to this thread. I wouldn't.

I would come back just to brag about the $$ I got!

I don’t understand why we are supposed to feel bad for someone that says:
“I don’t need to work, sorry you do” and then applies for financial aid.
“I would never stick my son in daycare”, but gladly takes the money of the families that do.

Her sense of entitlement is what I despise about people like OP. I do hope that people like her won’t be in my kids and mine circles

You have a huge sense of entitlement if you want kids from lower income families away from yours. You should fire the housekeeper as she is not worthy to be near you. These schools screaming equity and inclusion are a joke.

Sorry OP, but your logic makes no sense. I have no problem with lower income families. My kids all play with my nanny’s kids and we think of them as family. I have issue with you and people like you who look down on people that actually work to be able to afford what they (and obviously you) value. But you are not willing to work. You are lazy. And yes, I wish my kids were not surrounded by lazy kids as well. I want my kids to learn that they need to work hard for what they want and not just expect it without doing anything.

Also, you are the one that wrote “I don’t need to work, sorry you do” so you clearly look down on people that need to work (to afford private school). And you also look down on people that use daycare because that is beneath you and your precious snowflake.
Don’t turn this conversation around… you don’t look very smart

i found it funny that OP seems to imply that she has a masters' degree and thus we should all be grateful for her doing whatever work she used to do, rather than the lowly people with just bachelors' degrees. it's funny because in my experience, in the DC white collar world, a masters' is a pretty basic degree and literally almost everyone has one or a more advanced degree, in fact few even bother to mention a masters.