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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holton and Landon offer 50% to faculty children at both schools.[/quote]

Regardless of need? Wow. I am an independent school teacher and don’t qualify for aid because of my partner’s salary. The school will discount the teacher’s salary when factoring in aid qualifications. I have mixed feelings about that. On the one hand, I’m ok with that money going to a child who has greater needs. On the other hand, I would have been far more likely to send my child to the school where I teach if I had 50% remission. I think it’s good for the culture, particularly if the money comes from a different bucket that’s dedicated to, say, teacher retention/recruitment etc. It’s good for all students to have a committed, stable teaching force full of educators who are rooting for their school’s success because they’re part of the community in more than one way. Happy teachers make for happy students. Heavy turnover is bad for students. My one caveat is that the school cannot admit kids who won’t be successful in the particular setting, as that sets both the teacher and the child up to fail. I also recognize that some schools simply don’t have the endowment to pull this off. [/quote]

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