Parent life at DC private schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are families receiving financial aid expected to volunteer/work more at the school?

No. This is not a thing anywhere. FA places no further expectations on you than anyone else has. Your available time/money dictate how you participate and support the school, not anything else.

This is not true. We actually turned down a great school because DH was stationed overseas and they were going to require me to pick up his volunteer hours, even though I worked 60+ hours a week at a time. They don't care about your available time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are families receiving financial aid expected to volunteer/work more at the school?

No. This is not a thing anywhere. FA places no further expectations on you than anyone else has. Your available time/money dictate how you participate and support the school, not anything else.

This is not true. We actually turned down a great school because DH was stationed overseas and they were going to require me to pick up his volunteer hours, even though I worked 60+ hours a week at a time. They don't care about your available time.

Troll post. No school requires anyone to do anything. It’s not a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are families receiving financial aid expected to volunteer/work more at the school?

No. This is not a thing anywhere. FA places no further expectations on you than anyone else has. Your available time/money dictate how you participate and support the school, not anything else.

This is not true. We actually turned down a great school because DH was stationed overseas and they were going to require me to pick up his volunteer hours, even though I worked 60+ hours a week at a time. They don't care about your available time.

Troll post. No school requires anyone to do anything. It’s not a thing.

They can absolutely make volunteer work a condition of continued attendance. Probably not for the initial school year, but they refuse to offer a continued contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The parents with the ginormous houses host the parties. Sometimes they are fun. Sometimes they aren’t. But always you can be guaranteed a good flamboyant display of tastelessness … which is always entertaining. Oh, eat before you go! These houses seem to have everything except good, plentiful food. Weirdest thing ever.

Not the ones I know. Great parties, great food, great drinks. You don’t know the right people.