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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Didn’t you say public is available to parents unhappy with their private?

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Wow not only are you an idiot you are a horrible human.

Public school is a better education than private so you are fiscally irresponsible as well. And if you send your kid to a religious private you are not only a hypocrite you are indoctrinating your kid which means you suck as a parent.

Fixed it for you.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Wow not only are you an idiot you are a horrible human.

Public school is a better education than private so you are fiscally irresponsible as well. And if you send your kid to a religious private you are not only a hypocrite you are indoctrinating your kid which means you suck as a parent.

Fixed it for you.

Ooo. Indoctrination poster strikes again! So many words, so little credibility.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Then you can yours to public.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Then you can yours to public.

Not trying to punish my own kid.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Then you can yours to public.

Not trying to punish my own kid.

Then quit whining.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Then you can yours to public.

Not trying to punish my own kid.

Then quit whining.

Try listening to yourself? The self awareness of a baboon.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Then you can yours to public.

Not trying to punish my own kid.

Then quit whining.

Try listening to yourself? The self awareness of a baboon.

Pls point out where I am whining.

And also explain how you are forced to pay tuition. You haven’t managed to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s perfectly fine to donate $1. With the tax cuts in the “big beautiful bill” now rich families can donate more than ever to private schools. Let middle class families continue saving for college.

What tax cuts do rich families get in the bill?

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

If the entirety of Sidwell’s financial aid budget was applied instead as a tuition discount, it would knock about $8,750 off of tuition that currently runs $51-58k. Try again.

Jackpot. Almost $10k of tuition at Sidwell is due to the financial aid program. It is even higher elsewhere.

Lol. You said “if you want to know why tuition is so high.” If there was zero financial aid, it would still be ~$42-50k. Financial aid is not why it is high. And no, it is generally not higher elsewhere, Sidwell has very generous aid.

If $8,750 is so important to you, you should be at a public school. Or apply for financial aid

Would never qualify for financial aid myself. Just don’t want to be paying for kids that aren’t mine.

Wow not only are you an idiot you are a horrible human.

Public school is a better education than private so you are fiscally irresponsible as well. And if you send your kid to a religious private you are not only a hypocrite you are indoctrinating your kid which means you suck as a parent.

Fixed it for you.

Public education is laughably terrible. The only good education left is at the top 10-20% of private high schools. Maybe a few hundred across the country.

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Anonymous wrote:The financial aid parents are already free loading off the the tuition that full pay families are paying. If you are full pay, you are already contributing more than average due to the free loaders.

Eliminating financial aid programs would lower tuition by at least $5k-10k per year at most private schools.

The government is already providing these kids with public school. Financial aid is an unnecessary expense.

This would ensure a complete lack of socioeconomic diversity in private schools, which I suspect is totally fine with you.

Schools should focus on the type of diversity they don’t have to pay for through financial aid.

The market disagrees with your view. Plenty of other full pay applicants out there willing to pay the going rate.

Give them a choice and find out for yourself. There is currently no way to opt out.

Oh really? Parents are involuntarily paying tuition to their schools?

At the major DC area privates, parents are paying at least $5k-$10k of their annual full pay tuition towards the financial aid programs and there is no way to opt out. Financial aid is a major part of the school’s budget despite the availability of public schools. The private school parents are being forced to pay for the classmates on financial aid.

Forced? Really?

You mean, like, at gunpoint?

If you don’t like it, public schools are available. No FA.

+1. Public schools are a great option for parents who are bitter about their private school’s practices.

If you want to know why tuition is so high, the answer is the financial aid program.

Not bitter just explaining this because the exact reason is well known.

Right. But people are bitter about it. And it's because exclusivity is what they're paying for. And financial aid students are bewildering for them and lessons the value of the product. So these parents get super upset about a tuition increase because they think it helps "them." Not because they can't afford it. Private school parents in DC are incredibly tribal. There is Us. And there is Them. And Them should not be encouraged to attend their schools. Because what is the point of an expensive private school if you can't avoid Them.

Public school parents are incredibly tribal as well. We’re new transplants to the DMV and attending a top private. We’ve learned to not bring up schools in conversation before we know whether it’s a public or private parent. No idea why there is such an aggressive divide on this but both sides are nuts. Never seen such behavior. Not even in Manhattan!

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s perfectly fine to donate $1. With the tax cuts in the “big beautiful bill” now rich families can donate more than ever to private schools. Let middle class families continue saving for college.

What tax cuts do rich families get in the bill?

Read the washington post.

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I think donating $1 goes a long way in lowering costs for private schools. Schools might be choosier in granting financial aid and in controlling expenses. Since donations are voluntary I don’t see any problem in doing that. If some people want to donate that’s fine as well, but it’s a bit strange all that moral lectures on school quality. Keep donating so some middle class families can have a break.