Does potomac school offer tuition remission? Quick answer needed
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Anonymous
| Yes and percentage or no please |
Anonymous
| This is 2nd hand info, but very little if any. |
Anonymous
| Only for Summer programs |
Anonymous
| I applied for a job there a few years ago and I was told they do not. |
Anonymous
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OP here. Thanks. I'm surprised and disappointed. You would think it would be part of their benefits package for teacher recruitment and retention.
Thank you! |
Anonymous
| Well, it's a little more complicated than that. Financial aid for teachers is handled separately and the official line is that no teacher has been unable to send their child to Potomac due to financial reasons. |
Anonymous
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Somewhere along the ling, private schools lost sight of the benefits of enabling employees to enroll their own children. Need-blind remission is the best benefit that any school can offer to retain top faculty and staff. How did it happen that what was once a universal policy among schools is now the exception?
I've seen wonderful, inspiring teachers become resentful over time that they didn't qualify for aid (especially those with a spouse who earns just enough to pay these huge DC area mortgages) and cannot give the same great school experience to their own child that they make possible for others. Some of them move on -- but some of them stay and are less emotionally invested in the school community. My son has 4 teachers each day, and only one of them has school-aged children. Why shouldn't her 4th grade daughter have access to the same education? |
Anonymous
She does have the same access to the same education, in all likelihood -- her parents have to find a way to pay for it like the rest of us would. i'm fine with some employee discount or financial aid if the family really needs it, but for a teacher's kids to automatically get a free ride is ridiculous. What if the teacher's spouse is making $500k/year? What if all four of your son's teachers had school aged kids? And what if half or more of the faculty and staff wanted the same benefit? That's a lot of lost income/big dip into the financial aid pool. |
Anonymous
Thank you. As a teacher who can't afford to send my son to the school I've dedicated my life to and adore, I can't tell you how much it pains me to see so many people misunderstand the need and importance of tuition remission for teachers. I can tell you, teachers in Independent and private schools do not make a lot of money. Our spouses are the breadwinners, but that doesn't mean they are making over 100,000 a year. Thank you, again. |
Anonymous
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Thank you. As a teacher who can't afford to send my son to the school I've dedicated my life to and adore, I can't tell you how much it pains me to see so many people misunderstand the need and importance of tuition remission for teachers. I can tell you, teachers in Independent and private schools do not make a lot of money. Our spouses are the breadwinners, but that doesn't mean they are making over 100,000 a year. Thank you, again. are you ineligible for financial aid? that wouldn't make sense to me -- if your child is admitted he or she should be considered for aid the same way everyone else is. |
Anonymous
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All companies offer benefits. I don´t see why a private school is different.
I personally don´t need dental or medical insurance, nor Flexible spending account. I don´t need daycare benefits, or Gym benefits, so I don´t see why the school is not open to negotiate with teachers so they can send their kids to the same school they teach. Not only that would create more sense of belonging for teachers, but also, it is more likely that teachers spend more time with their students if they don´t have to follow the schedule of their own kids´school... And BTW, it is general rule in a lot of independent schools all across the US. No wonder why there are always opening positions in Potomac including Math and English Language!!!! |
Anonymous
| I would like to see some form of remission -- maybe a sliding scale based on the HHI of the teacher's family? I personally agree that it's a good thing when schools strive to attract and retain faculty by offering a way for their kids to attend. Also, I think it adds some economic diversity to the school. |
Anonymous
Wow. It's pretty outrageous to learn that the Potomac School doesn't offer that, considering their resources. What's the salary range of their FT teachers? |
Anonymous
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Very few secular schools offer tuition remission anymore so there's no need to call Potomac's policy "outrageous. As the PP said "no teacher has been unable to send their child to Potomac due to financial reasons."
-former Potomac teacher w/ child who received FA |
Anonymous
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STA does. Landon does. Every school should. It's shameful when they don't. If I were rich enough to set up some kind of foundation/fund, I would set up a fund at my children's school to cover the tuition of teacher's children. They can opt out if they are wealthy but would be available to all teachers and administrators.
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