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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you not believe that a family with a dad who is a security guard making 25K a year and a mom who is a cafeteria cook making 22k a year are hard working people? Or how about a teacher and a coach with HHI of say 90K, are they just some free loaders? How about nannies and housekeepers? The white collar workers aren't the only ones working hard. And they aren't the only ones who deserve a private school education simply because they can pay for it out of pocket.[/quote]

Oh, come on. How many families with parents fitting this description are really found in DC's elite private schools, FA or no?  I personally, would love to be able to fund this kind of family.  It's the mid-tier fed workers, for example, or others who have managed to acquire a lot of debt and yet still qualify for FA that annoy me.[/quote]

FA recipient here. FYI, about 26% of students at DC's school receive FA. NONE of them, are "mid-tier Fed workers". After years in a school you get to know people. The people receiving FA are single parents, teachers, and people who make a combined HHI under 90K who have no assets. Making 80K, we pay  pay 45 % of the tuition bill( about $1,500/mos). You are simply spreading a myth , which is untrue. The question is why? I am beginning to think that since DCUM took on advertising there are certain posts placed just to draw hits to the site by stirring controversy and this thread is one of them.[/quote]

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