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[quote=Anonymous]So we are new to the private school world, and we are only attending because we received tremendous financial aid for LO to be able to go as we couldn't otherwise afford it. Anyhow, since day one it's been clear that the school is always trying to get more money. Given that we are only there through financial aid, I greatly appreciate it even though our contributions are clearly limited to smaller monetary amounts and then time (I am a room parent so have taken on many extra duties as such). However, we recently got a call from another parent asking us directly for a very large (to us) amount of money. We were caught off guard and said we'd discuss, and they said they'd follow up with us. This is SO uncomfortable! Why do they do this in such an awkward and direct way? It's like you either automatically get labeled as poor or cheap if you don't donate their requested sum. For me, I don't have trouble saying no, but dh feels very uncomfortable about this (and they called him). And of course, it's nobody else's business that we are there only through aid. Anyhow, kind of a vent/question I guess as to why this doesn't seem wildly inappropriate to others??[/quote]

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