Should financial aid in private school be stricter?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not a one-size-fits-all situation. In the Cleveland area, a family earning $136K a year would almost never qualify for aid from a Catholic high school—that’s considered upper-middle class there. Tuition is probably around $11K to $25K, and homes are far more affordable; you can buy a nice house for $200K or less.

In contrast, in the D.C. area, $136K is more of a middle-class income. Catholic high school tuition can run anywhere from $20K to $40K, and a modest townhouse might cost $350K or more. If a family earns $136K, has one kid, lives in a $350K townhouse, and the school charges $27K in tuition, I’d absolutely want them to receive aid. It’s all relative to cost of living.

GTFO

Does anyone know why they are so angry? The original comment made a great Point.

The pricing is completing wrong.

+1 out of touch and completely wrong

How so?

Do you live under a rock?

Why are you guys laying into pp? They were just asking a question.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

They are not entitled. They are the intended recipients. This is what we donate the money for. The donors and the financial aid offices give it to them on purpose.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

They are not entitled. They are the intended recipients. This is what we donate the money for. The donors and the financial aid offices give it to them on purpose.

Good example of an entitled parent ☝️.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

They are not entitled. They are the intended recipients. This is what we donate the money for. The donors and the financial aid offices give it to them on purpose.

Good example of an entitled parent ☝️.

How so? Because I donate to fund financial aid? I prefer that it goes to wealthy families because they have earned it more. Move on with your life.

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All this arguing is stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

They are not entitled. They are the intended recipients. This is what we donate the money for. The donors and the financial aid offices give it to them on purpose.

Good example of an entitled parent ☝️.

How so? Because I donate to fund financial aid? I prefer that it goes to wealthy families because they have earned it more. Move on with your life.

Send me the link to your school brochure. Where it says inclusive I will suggest to replace it with elitist.

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Anonymous wrote:All this arguing is stupid.

Specially the ones coming from toxic parents from
Private school.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

They are not entitled. They are the intended recipients. This is what we donate the money for. The donors and the financial aid offices give it to them on purpose.

Good example of an entitled parent ☝️.

How so? Because I donate to fund financial aid? I prefer that it goes to wealthy families because they have earned it more. Move on with your life.

Send me the link to your school brochure. Where it says inclusive I will suggest to replace it with elitist.

You sound like a loser.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

They are not entitled. They are the intended recipients. This is what we donate the money for. The donors and the financial aid offices give it to them on purpose.

Good example of an entitled parent ☝️.

How so? Because I donate to fund financial aid? I prefer that it goes to wealthy families because they have earned it more. Move on with your life.

Send me the link to your school brochure. Where it says inclusive I will suggest to replace it with elitist.

You sound like a loser.

And you don’t sound like a Karen, you are probably one.

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You guys are arguing about aid in schools that even with aid middle class families can’t afford. Most kids in this area attend inadequate, underfunded schools, due to how expensive it is to live here humble yourselves.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are arguing about aid in schools that even with aid middle class families can’t afford. Most kids in this area attend inadequate, underfunded schools, due to how expensive it is to live here humble yourselves.

To my point that we should be helping low income families.

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Anonymous wrote:People with ability to pay who game the system are not a reason to ban middle class families who cannot afford full pay from financial aid.

And most "poor" families don't even bother applying - would you? There's a lot of incidental costs involved with private school - the uniforms, aftercare, hot lunches, special lunches, the billion special outfits day, like hey wear your favorite football jersey this week, baseball next week, fave green pants, orange shirt, colonial costume, etc etc. The classist vibe. I don't think DD's grade has any poor families at all.

Yes we have to subsidize middle class families so they can cover their incidentals like the bmw, trips to Europe, the mortgage, etc etc

Middle class families don't do those things usually. What fantasy world do you live in?

I think the fantasy is that they don’t.
Not all do! But some people definitely spend way more money than they earn doing those things and then apply for financial aid. Making responsible financial decisions is how you end up not qualifying - and in many cases not qualifying and then also not going on vacation because you have to pay for your own kids tuitions - and those of (some) of the people on vacation. Acknowledging this reality is ok. Denying it won’t make it not so. I don’t have a solution other than adding a human component to the FA process - the anonymity in the name of privacy is where fraud thrives.

Again, middle class people don't earn enough money for BMWs and European vacations and private school, even with financial aid.

You sound obsessed over one particular BMW lady you hate. It's unhealthy. See a therapist.

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Anonymous wrote:People with ability to pay who game the system are not a reason to ban middle class families who cannot afford full pay from financial aid.

And most "poor" families don't even bother applying - would you? There's a lot of incidental costs involved with private school - the uniforms, aftercare, hot lunches, special lunches, the billion special outfits day, like hey wear your favorite football jersey this week, baseball next week, fave green pants, orange shirt, colonial costume, etc etc. The classist vibe. I don't think DD's grade has any poor families at all.

Yes we have to subsidize middle class families so they can cover their incidentals like the bmw, trips to Europe, the mortgage, etc etc

Middle class families don't do those things usually. What fantasy world do you live in?

I think the fantasy is that they don’t.
Not all do! But some people definitely spend way more money than they earn doing those things and then apply for financial aid. Making responsible financial decisions is how you end up not qualifying - and in many cases not qualifying and then also not going on vacation because you have to pay for your own kids tuitions - and those of (some) of the people on vacation. Acknowledging this reality is ok. Denying it won’t make it not so. I don’t have a solution other than adding a human component to the FA process - the anonymity in the name of privacy is where fraud thrives.

Again, middle class people don't earn enough money for BMWs and European vacations and private school, even with financial aid.

You sound obsessed over one particular BMW lady you hate. It's unhealthy. See a therapist.

Ok. They suffer with their Toyota Highlander and vacations in Florida and only 2 story house, hence they need financial aid. More accurate?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is something else.

It’s very revealing about how parents think about inclusion. And how upper middle class families feel entitled to financial aid.

They are not entitled. They are the intended recipients. This is what we donate the money for. The donors and the financial aid offices give it to them on purpose.

Good example of an entitled parent ☝️.

How so? Because I donate to fund financial aid? I prefer that it goes to wealthy families because they have earned it more. Move on with your life.

How did they earn it?