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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At a reception for admitted families, I was surprised by how many faculty and staff spoke about their children attending the school.  At the reception itself, several staff members were also celebrating the admittance of their child or children, which is fantastic.  But, it seemed like a whoooole lot of staff!
I have to imagine that staff are given full tuition remission or tuition benefits.  
Is anyone familiar with this practice?  How common is it in private schools in the area?  [b]Beyond creating massive employee loyalty and satisfaction[/b], what are the other benefits to the school as a whole?[/quote]

If you read threads worried about faculty retention and turnover at various schools, you can see that a benefit that promotes retention can be significant.  It also brings some more middle class kids into the mix, which helps ameliorate the growing "barbell effect" of a student body made up of either those who are quite affluent or are receiving substantial aid.  For any sort of tuition remission/benefits program to really be accepted by the community at large, the school should hold the kids to the same admission standards -- it's not good for anyone when a faculty child struggles and is in over her/his head.   There probably are a higher percentage of faculty/staff kids in schools with elementary schools -- most children can "keep up" and it's harder to rely on objective criteria.  I do know that at some of the very good schools that admit at early grades, it is not uncommon for a faculty child to leave after elementary or middle school if it is clear that the Upper School would not be a good academic fit.

In terms of how common it is, as others have said, there are old threads about this.  100% tuition remission is actually rare, and the range of benefits varies from school to school.[/quote]

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