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[quote=Anonymous]Our school (not cheap by any means) has been good about being transparent about the various issues.  Most recently the head of the finance subcommittee of the Board came and spoke to the parents' association -- I think a lot of questions were answered and although there is still real worry about the costs, there's also an understanding of the dilemmas the schools face.

I also think the school was quite open with us when we applied that we could expect yearly tuition increases; we were able to sit down and make a table of yearly expected tuition and thus far (happily) our projected yearly tuition has actually been a bit lower than the real figures, as the recent percentage increases are lower than in the previous 5-year period.

Lastly, I've found that when I ask questions, people at the school are willing to answer them.  Now, would I ask "what does Teacher Smith make in salary?" No, I think that would be something the school would (appropriately) not share.  But we do know the Head of School's compensation; and we do know where salary and benefits in the aggregate figure as a percentage of the overall budget.  So, I do have a pretty good idea of where the money is going, and no sense of an easy fix, either.  I might think a certain foreign language superfluous, but that view might not be shared by other families (nor are RIFs easy to absorb in a small community).[/quote]

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