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[quote=Anonymous]First of all, that's an obscene amount of money.  The sad truth is that if all of the families paying that amount of money were willing to pay a little bit more in taxes (instead of $40k tuition) and put their kids in public schools, then the public schools would be so much stronger, everyone would get a solid education, and your child wouldn't grow up in a bubble.

But outside of that, private school teachers don't get paid much, so that's not where the money is going.  Administrators get paid *way* too much, so there's one place.  And then of course private schools tend to overdo things like playgrounds and new facilities because they think it makes them look more prestigious/attract wealthier families.

A good education has nothing to do with a state-of-the-art playground.

Beyond that, all schools, public included, seem to do the cheesy fundraising stuff.  I think it's ridiculous.  They end up paying a good portion of it to the stupid fundraising company that makes all of those crappy products.  If the school truly needs money (which I often doubt it does), there must be better ways to have fundraising drives then make the kids sell cheap products to their friends and neighbors.

As for the posters who seem to think it's financial aid students causing the problem, those private schools don't offer a lot of financial aid.  At most, there's a handful of needy students they will take on to make some kind of quota, but it's not a lot.[/quote]

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