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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's un-Quaker about recognizing that applicants from wealthier families are more likely to help keep the school's operation financially sustainable?[/quote]

A fundamental element of Quaker values is simplicity. Charging such high tuition rates is the opposite.[/quote]

A fundamental element of operating an Independent school is financial resources. Having none eliminates the institution.
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Then (a) operate on a smaller budget or (b) drop the claim to Quaker values or (c) do neither and be a hypocrite. Sidwell chooses (c). [/quote]

That is a pretty fatalistic world view. If you don't like the school, don't go there. Do you have the same complaint for Penn Charter ($38,500) Germantown Friends ($38,450) Friends Select ($38,650) Friends Central ($38,250) Sandy Springs ($34,250) or the NY Seminary ($51,000 without lunch)?

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A fundamental element of Quaker values is practicality and simplicity.  A school would not be in operation if it could not pay it's bills.  Quakers do value
simplicity but they have been strong businessmen since the founding of our country.[/quote]

A school can operate in the black and offer a great education without charging so much money. They would have to cut back on the bells and whistles and families would also have to commit to simplicity. Of late, Sidwell seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Claiming Quaker values in the face of this choice is disingenuous at best. [/quote]

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