Private schools tuitions costs question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So now Holton joins St. Albans and Field in the over $40K crowd....

Maret is certainly cheaper than some other area independent schools - from its website,

LS: 31K
MS: 33K
US: 35K

Still expensive but a 15% or so difference adds up. Presumably the website numbers are still the current year's tuition.

Bullies, Burke, St. Andrews will all likely top 40000 also.
Field broke the ice making it acceptable to the others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP - this was a legitimate question with genuine curiosity. Obviously there are many reasons to consider privates. If you are willing to share, I would be interested in hearing what is compelling to you.

So many threads on this already. Do a search or start a new thread.

Wrong. This is particular to this poster and this locale.

This is OP's thread, not yours. OP can decide to answer or decline to. No one needs you as a moderator.

[Anonymous]

Now that SFS has raised its tuition by over 4%, the others will likely also feel comfortable gouging the middle class families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes but if they continue 4.5% increases per year, they'll catch pretty quickly. I remember when Good Counsel was a cheap option, now even it is in the 20000s for a public school mentality

What is "a public school mentality"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that SFS has raised its tuition by over 4%, the others will likely also feel comfortable gouging the middle class families.

Why, exactly, should middle class families be at private schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that SFS has raised its tuition by over 4%, the others will likely also feel comfortable gouging the middle class families.

Why, exactly, should middle class families be at private schools?

Why shouldn't middle-class families be at private schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that SFS has raised its tuition by over 4%, the others will likely also feel comfortable gouging the middle class families.

Why, exactly, should middle class families be at private schools?

Thought-provoking question, indeed.

Here's another one: Why, exactly, should people not willing or able to pay full tuition be at private schools?

Last time I checked, if you want to buy a 2-million luxury house you need to pay 2 million, not half of it if you are low income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that SFS has raised its tuition by over 4%, the others will likely also feel comfortable gouging the middle class families.

Why, exactly, should middle class families be at private schools?

Thought-provoking question, indeed.

Here's another one: Why, exactly, should people not willing or able to pay full tuition be at private schools?

Last time I checked, if you want to buy a 2-million luxury house you need to pay 2 million, not half of it if you are low income.

Perhaps you would be happier if you chose a private school that

a. defines its mission as providing a luxury product, and
b. doesn't provide financial aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only parochial schools are significantly cheaper. They are subsidies by the parish and their class sizes aren't significantly different from public school class size (typically). For example, our parochial elementary option is about $7000 and classes are about 24 kids. The private my son attends is about $27000 and he has 2 teachers for 15 kids. There is (obviously). Also admissions process is different for the two types of schools. Parochial schools give priority to parish members and Catholics. In high school prices are all similar regardless of affiliation.

Not always true ... our parish school has class sizes around 20 kids at a cost of $9500 per year. K has 1 teacher plus aide. Also the amount of support from parish has been diminishing. Really its the facility mostly. Actual cash support from the parish is pretty small now. Finally sibling discount is about gone too. It is considered financial aid to request it. Fundraising from the school community is making up the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that SFS has raised its tuition by over 4%, the others will likely also feel comfortable gouging the middle class families.

Why, exactly, should middle class families be at private schools?

Thought-provoking question, indeed.

Here's another one: Why, exactly, should people not willing or able to pay full tuition be at private schools?

Last time I checked, if you want to buy a 2-million luxury house you need to pay 2 million, not half of it if you are low income.

Perhaps you would be happier if you chose a private school that

a. defines its mission as providing a luxury product, and
b. doesn't provide financial aid.

The school provides financial aid through MY donations.

[Anonymous]

pp - And I don't mind subsidizing low income folks. It is the middle class people I have a problem funding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So now Holton joins St. Albans and Field in the over $40K crowd....

Maret is certainly cheaper than some other area independent schools - from its website,

LS: 31K
MS: 33K
US: 35K

Still expensive but a 15% or so difference adds up. Presumably the website numbers are still the current year's tuition.

Is NCS less than St Albans?

No, NCS is the same as STA. It is slightly more than Holton.

2015-2016 Tuititon and fees:
NCS: $39,800
Holton: $38,700

Questions for those at Holton - Does Holton have a separate enrollment deposit and also a separate new student registration fee? NCS (and STA) does for $1,000 and $1,850 and it lists these on the NCS website but I dont see similar fees listed on the Holton website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The school provides financial aid through MY donations.

If you don't like what the school does with your donations, then don't donate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that SFS has raised its tuition by over 4%, the others will likely also feel comfortable gouging the middle class families.

Why, exactly, should middle class families be at private schools?

Thought-provoking question, indeed.

Here's another one: Why, exactly, should people not willing or able to pay full tuition be at private schools?

Last time I checked, if you want to buy a 2-million luxury house you need to pay 2 million, not half of it if you are low income.

Perhaps you would be happier if you chose a private school that

a. defines its mission as providing a luxury product, and
b. doesn't provide financial aid.

a. Any private school with $25k+ tuition is providing a luxury product. Don't kid yourself
b. Indeed, that's what we did. We chose a school with a disciplined budget and FA to be able to contain crazy tuition costs. When tuition stars to exceed $40k, that's pure greed combined with mismanagement

[Anonymous]

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