PPP Loans

[Anonymous]

I don't have a problem with this, and I'm not seeing anyone trying to explain why they believe these schools, who filled out the application and were granted the money under the conditions specified, should not have been allowed to do so. It cost a lot above normal operating costs to stay open under the conditions the CDC and local HHS required.

I see some who are mad that their public schools didn't use the money to stay open, but why does that mean private schools should not have been allowed to do so? It's great that some schools didn't need the money (some schools, like Holton, are seriously flush with cash), but others did need it to stay open and keep kids safely in school, which is what everybody wanted, right?

I do find the $5 mil to Sidwell puzzling and would be interesting in an accounting of that. It is the largest amount given to any school I could find.

It is terrible that public school in this area didn't use the funds to try to stay open. Many, many other public schools in other areas did. That doesn't make it "disgusting" that private schools made a different and better choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a problem with this, and I'm not seeing anyone trying to explain why they believe these schools, who filled out the application and were granted the money under the conditions specified, should not have been allowed to do so. It cost a lot above normal operating costs to stay open under the conditions the CDC and local HHS required.

I see some who are mad that their public schools didn't use the money to stay open, but why does that mean private schools should not have been allowed to do so? It's great that some schools didn't need the money (some schools, like Holton, are seriously flush with cash), but others did need it to stay open and keep kids safely in school, which is what everybody wanted, right?

I do find the $5 mil to Sidwell puzzling and would be interesting in an accounting of that. It is the largest amount given to any school I could find.

It is terrible that public school in this area didn't use the funds to try to stay open. Many, many other public schools in other areas did. That doesn't make it "disgusting" that private schools made a different and better choice.

NP: just wanted to note, that staying open was not a requirement to have a PPP forgiven. We had to keep employees on and pay our bills, but there was no requirement about continuing to offer services or mode of services. I think the PPP program is flawed, but I don't fault institutions who applied and took the funds offered.

[Anonymous]

First time we had an uptick of our exorbitant taxes for something we directly used or needed! Unf still negative ROI in tax dollars though….

[Anonymous]

Sure many are schools took 2 plus million, Just playing by the rules. These schools have endowments. Are you telling us Sidwell, Bullis, Landon etc we’re going to go out of business? Please the followed the law but not what the ppp loans were for. They never closed and got all there tuition money.

[Anonymous]

Our school took about $1.5 million. They accounted for it at the meeting. Closing of summer camp, after care programs, increased staff needed, enrollment went down (DC requirements for small number of students in a room). They built outdoor education facilities (tents, permanent structures), software licenses, more tech. I could easily see where all that money could have went pretty quickly. They opened as quickly as they could under DC's stringent restrictions on numbers of people allowed in a room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids school got a huge amount, but I can well imagine what they did with it. They upgraded HVAC, invested in a lot of classroom technology for remote learning, rented tents for outdoor classrooms, and did weekly PCR testing of the entire school population. I really don’t think they lined their pockets, I think they used it for pandemic related expenses.

Not of that comes close to 4 million dollars. And the Bullis new HOS fired 15 people as soon as he came on after the loan was received so nothing went to the employees.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a problem with this, and I'm not seeing anyone trying to explain why they believe these schools, who filled out the application and were granted the money under the conditions specified, should not have been allowed to do so. It cost a lot above normal operating costs to stay open under the conditions the CDC and local HHS required.

I see some who are mad that their public schools didn't use the money to stay open, but why does that mean private schools should not have been allowed to do so? It's great that some schools didn't need the money (some schools, like Holton, are seriously flush with cash), but others did need it to stay open and keep kids safely in school, which is what everybody wanted, right?

I do find the $5 mil to Sidwell puzzling and would be interesting in an accounting of that. It is the largest amount given to any school I could find.

It is terrible that public school in this area didn't use the funds to try to stay open. Many, many other public schools in other areas did. That doesn't make it "disgusting" that private schools made a different and better choice.

NP: just wanted to note, that staying open was not a requirement to have a PPP forgiven. We had to keep employees on and pay our bills, but there was no requirement about continuing to offer services or mode of services. I think the PPP program is flawed, but I don't fault institutions who applied and took the funds offered.

Of course you don't have a problem with this. You're an admin of a school that took the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS refused PPP money because taking the funds woukd have conflicted with the school’s focus on social Justice.

Same with Potomac

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s teensy tiny little preschool got $700k. They didn’t refund a cent during that time. Pretty sure the owner lined her pockets with it.

they couldn’t use the money for refunds?

There were fairly rigorous reporting requirements for how the money was used in order to be forgiven. Otherwise it was a loan that had to be repaid.

Rigorous?!? Are you familiar with the PPP program?!? I am thinking not.

LOL looks like most every area DMV private school scored big! Congrats to the ones not found on that PPP search. I did not find St. Albans, NCS, GDS, Maret, St. Patrick's. I would like to hear why some schools took this money? This is wrong. Schools did not close. Tutiton for salaries was already there for out tuition dollars? Where did this money go to?

Potomac didn’t take any either. They had a huge increase in spending g due to the extra staff (3 more nurses, permanent subs, couldn’t combine classes for specials, etc) and then the extra equipment (tents, dividers, etc) and for the entire school to have regular Covid testing. They slightly increases admitted student numbers to compensate

[Anonymous]

Who or what is paying for weekly testing this fall or are we finally stopping that? Ful disclosure my kids are sick of their nose pokes.

[Anonymous]

PPP loans at privates=surprise teachers screwed not a penny to them.

[Anonymous]

The problem is not the PPP loans for private schools. That makes sense. The problem was the PPP loans for charter schools. That made zero sense and seems like outright fraud.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GDS refused PPP money because taking the funds woukd have conflicted with the school’s focus on social Justice.

Same with Potomac

Potomac is WAY better managed than a lot of its peer schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PPP loans at privates=surprise teachers screwed not a penny to them.

I’m surprised you didn’t give back tuition for the 2 hours of zoom a day for 6 semesters. What a loss for the children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PPP loans at privates=surprise teachers screwed not a penny to them.

I’m surprised you didn’t give back tuition for the 2 hours of zoom a day for 6 semesters. What a loss for the children.

Lol there Back the teacher haters! Hating on people who don’t make enough to survive in this area. 60k a year and treated like shit. What a gig.