will St Albans tuition continue to rise 3K every year?

[Anonymous]

The insatiable greed of the administration will ensure tuition continues to outpace inflation.

The question is, do you have the guts to say no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we are on the verge of a private school bubble. For the first time I am hearing fellow two income families talking about moving to public or Catholic. Some of the public schools have fantastic programs and people are starting to ask why they are paying so much.

My kids were in private schools from 1998 to 2014. There was talk about the bubble throughout that period. People were leaving for public schools. Or moving to MoCo/Arlington. Yet the top schools continued, other than a brief period around 2009, to increase tuition. And they are flooded with applicants. Even the second and third tier schools have thrived. So not a lot of motivation for the schools to change their model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
This is really worrisome.

We're a 2 income professional family--HHI $400k. Again we can swing the $44K but $50K in 2 years and $65K in 6 gets crazy.
This prices out us and everyone like us---you know all everyone but the richest of the rich. My husband is a doctor and I'd say this prices out 95% of physicians. All lawyers except equity partners.
I'm worried that if we go down this road my kid will be in school with only the children of hedge fund managers.

That said, he loved the school and we loved a lot about the school.

When you start at the school, you're supposed to game it out on a spreadsheet. Yes it may start at 44k for kindergarten but no one with any sense expects it to still be at that price 12 years later.

Same thing with college tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we are on the verge of a private school bubble. For the first time I am hearing fellow two income families talking about moving to public or Catholic. Some of the public schools have fantastic programs and people are starting to ask why they are paying so much.

My kids were in private schools from 1998 to 2014. There was talk about the bubble throughout that period. People were leaving for public schools. Or moving to MoCo/Arlington. Yet the top schools continued, other than a brief period around 2009, to increase tuition. And they are flooded with applicants. Even the second and third tier schools have thrived. So not a lot of motivation for the schools to change their model.

Yeah, so the fallacy with bubble theory is that the big schools are outliers. The schools are limited because their social cache is tough to replicate. They can expand student enrollment very slightly.

If society keeps getting richer, there will be people to pay increasingly high rates at the top private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we are on the verge of a private school bubble. For the first time I am hearing fellow two income families talking about moving to public or Catholic. Some of the public schools have fantastic programs and people are starting to ask why they are paying so much.

My kids were in private schools from 1998 to 2014. There was talk about the bubble throughout that period. People were leaving for public schools. Or moving to MoCo/Arlington. Yet the top schools continued, other than a brief period around 2009, to increase tuition. And they are flooded with applicants. Even the second and third tier schools have thrived. So not a lot of motivation for the schools to change their model.

Yeah, so the fallacy with bubble theory is that the big schools are outliers. The schools are limited because their social cache is tough to replicate. They can expand student enrollment very slightly.

If society keeps getting richer, there will be people to pay increasingly high rates at the top private schools.

haven't you noticed this is happening? It's happening among the 1% and that gets the most media attention but it's also happening in the 10% and 20%. They are the only people seeing gains in income and wealth since 2008. Go ahead and google, you'll see.

[Anonymous]

Socialist administrators want to control you!!! If tuition is high enough, they can force you onto financial aid and tell you what you are allowed to spend.

When will you say the Emperor wears no clothes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Socialist administrators want to control you!!! If tuition is high enough, they can force you onto financial aid and tell you what you are allowed to spend.

When will you say the Emperor wears no clothes?

+1 we left. Kids are in public and love it as well. Our family is so much healthier for it. After 5 years it really wasn't worth it to us any longer. Personal decision for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prices will rise until the equilibrium point is reached at which time supply and demand are balanced.

There's a price attached to all the things you and/or the school want including superior facilities, the best teachers and coaches, the best college counselors, financial aid and diversity, etc., etc.

Want to reduce the sticker price?

Ask to see the budget or ask one of the board members to share it with you.

Scale back on demands and complain about things school wants to spend money on that you feel are unnecessary.

Who wants an all turf facility anyways? Boiling hot and unhealthy imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Socialist administrators want to control you!!! If tuition is high enough, they can force you onto financial aid and tell you what you are allowed to spend.

When will you say the Emperor wears no clothes?

I think that's pretty silly. Administrators definitely don't want to force families on financial aid because they don't have it to give.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Who wants an all turf facility anyways? Boiling hot and unhealthy imo.

Anyone playing on mud or bone-dry clumps of grass in October or April.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Who wants an all turf facility anyways? Boiling hot and unhealthy imo.

Anyone playing on mud or bone-dry clumps of grass in October or April.

The horrors! No wonder our coddled athletes cannot qualify for the world cup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Who wants an all turf facility anyways? Boiling hot and unhealthy imo.

Anyone playing on mud or bone-dry clumps of grass in October or April.

The horrors! No wonder our coddled athletes cannot qualify for the world cup.

Dont impose stupid a$$ soccer issues on those of us whose kids play real sports.

[Anonymous]

These college level facilities that are now required are expensive. Health care costs are ballooning. Taxes, maintenance and utilities go up. Need to give out more financial aid to have a diverse student body. Kids are so god damn needy now schools need a therapist and learning specialist in every division. School provide a very different education than they did in the 80s and 90s. It is a thing for the ultra rich who need to be catered to. Sorry umc people. You can move to Bethesda and deal with Whitman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Socialist administrators want to control you!!! If tuition is high enough, they can force you onto financial aid and tell you what you are allowed to spend.

When will you say the Emperor wears no clothes?

Socialst private-school administrators?

[Anonymous]

Do they raise teacher salaries at the same rate of tuition? not,