How.do you afford private school? Any suggestions?

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Most of the SAHMs I've met aren't very marketable, if they stay home with younger kids they might not be able to get another job that would cover the cost of daycare.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the SAHMs I've met aren't very marketable, if they stay home with younger kids they might not be able to get another job that would cover the cost of daycare.

Yes, but $600k poster (if she's real) says she only has one child who is obviously school aged. She can get at least a part time job somewhere.

[Anonymous]

It's ridiculous the schools don't publicize each family that revives aid and how much they pay. The people paying the tuition should at least know who they are paying for to go to private school. People should know the $600 HHI BigLaw fan
With the SAH that is getting financial aid.

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Anonymous wrote:It's ridiculous the schools don't publicize each family that revives aid and how much they pay. The people paying the tuition should at least know who they are paying for to go to private school. People should know the $600 HHI BigLaw fan
With the SAH that is getting financial aid.

It's none of your business who is getting financial aid. How about you make that suggestion at one of the school meetings and see how well that goes over.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ridiculous the schools don't publicize each family that revives aid and how much they pay. The people paying the tuition should at least know who they are paying for to go to private school. People should know the $600 HHI BigLaw fan
With the SAH that is getting financial aid.

It's none of your business who is getting financial aid. How about you make that suggestion at one of the school meetings and see how well that goes over.

She won't because then everyone will know that she's bitter and miserly. And then how else will she feel superior?
$600k HHI mom is entitled and self absorbed. Anti FA posters who want to ban all aid are self absorbed a-holes. Luckily, sanity and reason really does overshadow the crazy outliers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ridiculous the schools don't publicize each family that revives aid and how much they pay. The people paying the tuition should at least know who they are paying for to go to private school. People should know the $600 HHI BigLaw fan
With the SAH that is getting financial aid.

It's none of your business who is getting financial aid. How about you make that suggestion at one of the school meetings and see how well that goes over.

She won't because then everyone will know that she's bitter and miserly. And then how else will she feel superior?
$600k HHI mom is entitled and self absorbed. Anti FA posters who want to ban all aid are self absorbed a-holes. Luckily, sanity and reason really does overshadow the crazy outliers.

True!

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Anonymous wrote:Housing prices vary with the desirability of local public schools. If you think you'll send your kids to private schools, you can choose an inexpensive neighborhood without worrying about the public schools.

Buy a small house and simple furnishings. It's just a place to eat and sleep so don't feel like it's the measure of your worth.

Don't eat out. We go out once a year, on our anniversary, to the pancake house. The kids enjoy it so we enjoy it.

Drive on vacations, and stay with friends or relatives.

Own a practical car, give it basic maintenance, and keep it until it dies of old age.

If you do these things and still can't afford a private school, the school is likely to help with financial aid.

Is it worth it? Many say no. We say yes. We had opinions about the kind of environment where we wanted our kids to be educated, so it was a priority for us to be able to choose their schools, and we're happy that we did. Every family has to look at its own options and set its own priorities.

This is us. We have a simple lifestyle with modest HHI. You don't have to give up everything nice. Just obvious luxuries that could pay tuition. The first year, I was terrified to even post on FB about taking my kid to see a movie. Then I realized that the FA committee just wanted to see we weren't asking them to pay for our kid when we could afford it with reasonable budgeting.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FA allows the top schools to be competitive. If only the rich attended then their admissions to to colleges would be lower. Wealth does not correlate with brains. My son is a FA recipient on his way to a ivy. We are grateful for the FA. But he did a lot for his school winning national awards etc. It works in both directions.

Have you ever sent a thank you card to the parents who are supporting your child because you are unable to?


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I have no idea which parents at our school are contributing a lot to the school which enables FA. So how could I write to thank them? The exception is that my DC got a scholarship that is named after alumni and I have written them. I have thanked the school profusely. Maybe I am wrong but I don't think most of the parents who make large contributions would liked to be singled out and thanked by poor parents.