Tuition Remission

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NcS is one of the schools that doesn't factor in a faculty member's salary when calculating financial aid. There is no tuition remission. StA, on the other hand, does offer tuition remission because it has a significantly larger endowment to pull from.

Sidwell has a larger endowment and does not offer tuition remission.

How uncharitable of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NcS is one of the schools that doesn't factor in a faculty member's salary when calculating financial aid. There is no tuition remission. StA, on the other hand, does offer tuition remission because it has a significantly larger endowment to pull from.

Sidwell has a larger endowment and does not offer tuition remission.

How uncharitable of them.

You’d think they’d be more Friend-ly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread pops up regularly every year, here is the long story short:
1. Teachers' kids get a free ride right?
2. No

Then there is a whole discussion on which schools offer remission and which do not...

3. Omg, I had no idea?!

Congrats, let's pop the cherry of a whole new generation of innocent teacher wannabes who thing their children will get a free ride if they manage story time for 7 year olds.

A free ride? How offensive. Schools that offer remission are offering a form of compensation that is more than earned -- and that contributes in a positive and meaningful way to school culture. If I thought that parents in the school where I work thought like you do, I wouldn't be working here.

[Anonymous]

Ncs used to offer half remission about 10 years ago. On top of not counting the teachers salary in aid calculation.

[Anonymous]

School admin in a different city: ours is 20% plus financial aid if families qualify. Usually the families who qualify are single parents. Our remission rate is below market for our area and are working to increase it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread pops up regularly every year, here is the long story short:
1. Teachers' kids get a free ride right?
2. No

Then there is a whole discussion on which schools offer remission and which do not...

3. Omg, I had no idea?!

Congrats, let's pop the cherry of a whole new generation of innocent teacher wannabes who thing their children will get a free ride if they manage story time for 7 year olds.

A free ride? How offensive. Schools that offer remission are offering a form of compensation that is more than earned -- and that contributes in a positive and meaningful way to school culture. If I thought that parents in the school where I work thought like you do, I wouldn't be working here.

Look at when faculty are hired and when applications are due for the kids. Kids apply in December and contracts go out to teachers in the late Spring. Do you think teachers are "preemptively" having their kids apply to schools where they want to work and hope there is an opening the following Spring? No. They get special admissions treatment through the hiring process. Their kids didn't have to go through the same admissions process as non-faculty kids. Private school admission and financial aid distribution is INTENTIONALLY opaque for purposes like these. I think most parents are a little annoyed with the preference and discounts offered to faculty kids, I know it irks me a little as a full-pay parent who had to jump through all the admissions hurdles...Especially those with 3+ kids. Lord.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread pops up regularly every year, here is the long story short:
1. Teachers' kids get a free ride right?
2. No

Then there is a whole discussion on which schools offer remission and which do not...

3. Omg, I had no idea?!

Congrats, let's pop the cherry of a whole new generation of innocent teacher wannabes who thing their children will get a free ride if they manage story time for 7 year olds.

A free ride? How offensive. Schools that offer remission are offering a form of compensation that is more than earned -- and that contributes in a positive and meaningful way to school culture. If I thought that parents in the school where I work thought like you do, I wouldn't be working here.

Look at when faculty are hired and when applications are due for the kids. Kids apply in December and contracts go out to teachers in the late Spring. Do you think teachers are "preemptively" having their kids apply to schools where they want to work and hope there is an opening the following Spring? No. They get special admissions treatment through the hiring process. Their kids didn't have to go through the same admissions process as non-faculty kids. Private school admission and financial aid distribution is INTENTIONALLY opaque for purposes like these. I think most parents are a little annoyed with the preference and discounts offered to faculty kids, I know it irks me a little as a full-pay parent who had to jump through all the admissions hurdles...Especially those with 3+ kids. Lord.

You really think that the majority of staff enroll their children immediately upon gaining employment and they just happen to be exactly the right age?

That is ludicrous. Most people I know didn't have school age kids when first applying or did and waited at least a year to enroll them to make sure the job was a good fit first.

Every staff member I know has gone through the same application process as the other applicants, just with the hook of being a staff kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread pops up regularly every year, here is the long story short:
1. Teachers' kids get a free ride right?
2. No

Then there is a whole discussion on which schools offer remission and which do not...

3. Omg, I had no idea?!

Congrats, let's pop the cherry of a whole new generation of innocent teacher wannabes who thing their children will get a free ride if they manage story time for 7 year olds.

A free ride? How offensive. Schools that offer remission are offering a form of compensation that is more than earned -- and that contributes in a positive and meaningful way to school culture. If I thought that parents in the school where I work thought like you do, I wouldn't be working here.

Look at when faculty are hired and when applications are due for the kids. Kids apply in December and contracts go out to teachers in the late Spring. Do you think teachers are "preemptively" having their kids apply to schools where they want to work and hope there is an opening the following Spring? No. They get special admissions treatment through the hiring process. Their kids didn't have to go through the same admissions process as non-faculty kids. Private school admission and financial aid distribution is INTENTIONALLY opaque for purposes like these. I think most parents are a little annoyed with the preference and discounts offered to faculty kids, I know it irks me a little as a full-pay parent who had to jump through all the admissions hurdles...Especially those with 3+ kids. Lord.

These are indeed great perks, and they are what keep us working in education. Most of us seriously considered quitting at some point in the last two years. Having my own children enrolled helped me to stick it out.

Teachers and staff who have children in the school somehow are even more committed, do more, stay longer. The parents at our school are nothing but kind. Now only do they not resent the "preferential treatment" which keeps me in education earning an educator's salary. They also don't treat me like a charity case. If that's not the attitude at your school, then I feel sorry for the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread pops up regularly every year, here is the long story short:
1. Teachers' kids get a free ride right?
2. No

Then there is a whole discussion on which schools offer remission and which do not...

3. Omg, I had no idea?!

Congrats, let's pop the cherry of a whole new generation of innocent teacher wannabes who thing their children will get a free ride if they manage story time for 7 year olds.

A free ride? How offensive. Schools that offer remission are offering a form of compensation that is more than earned -- and that contributes in a positive and meaningful way to school culture. If I thought that parents in the school where I work thought like you do, I wouldn't be working here.

Look at when faculty are hired and when applications are due for the kids. Kids apply in December and contracts go out to teachers in the late Spring. Do you think teachers are "preemptively" having their kids apply to schools where they want to work and hope there is an opening the following Spring? No. They get special admissions treatment through the hiring process. Their kids didn't have to go through the same admissions process as non-faculty kids. Private school admission and financial aid distribution is INTENTIONALLY opaque for purposes like these. I think most parents are a little annoyed with the preference and discounts offered to faculty kids, I know it irks me a little as a full-pay parent who had to jump through all the admissions hurdles...Especially those with 3+ kids. Lord.

These are indeed great perks, and they are what keep us working in education. Most of us seriously considered quitting at some point in the last two years. Having my own children enrolled helped me to stick it out.

Teachers and staff who have children in the school somehow are even more committed, do more, stay longer. The parents at our school are nothing but kind. Now only do they not resent the "preferential treatment" which keeps me in education earning an educator's salary. They also don't treat me like a charity case. If that's not the attitude at your school, then I feel sorry for the students.

Oh, and by the way, I worked at my school for a year before applying the first child and waited another year to apply the second one. That's the way it usually works because why would you move your kids to your school before you know how it's going to work out professionally?