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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After one of my children was diagnosed with a life threatening illness, someone paid his siblings' tuition.  The school didn't pretend it was found money.  [b]They just told me that the tuition had been paid, and that the donor preferred to remain anonymous[/b].  [/quote]

This is the only way to approach it. The school cannot lie to a family about how their tuition is being paid. Making up a fake scholarship or fake financial aid is incredibly unethical. [/quote]

How is it a lie? Donors donate to financial aid pool all the time, those donations are used to give aid to families. “We’ve found some additional aid for your child” is not a lie. [/quote]

It’s not entirely true either. The school didn’t “find” aid for their child, a donor specifically paid their tuition, or contributed portion of their tuition. Knowing this, would prevent any misunderstandings if the family by any chance mentions to another needy family that the school “found additional aid” and that family would also approaching school to also “find” them some additional aid.[/quote]

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