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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pretty sick of the middle class
Complaining about their "access to financial aid."  The middle class has access to good public school options because you have enough money to buy into a good public school
District, at The very least, to rent an apartment in a good public school district.  Stop complaining that no one is paying your way into a private school.  Private schools are unnecessary luxury item for the middle class.  Alternatively, if there are scholarships available why not offer them to children who would have no viable opportunities otherwise?  I guess this philosophical difference is what makes me comment on this thread.  The FA dollars that are available are just going to kids who would be fine (maybe not "great" but fine) otherwise.  Meanwhile, there are hundreds of kids
Who would blow your socks off if they were given an opportunity for small class sizes and individualized attention.  I guess the super rich and the striving middle
Class don't want that to happen?  Keep the status quo happy,
Keep the gates closed, keep the criteria for admittance the same as it's always been, keep the board happy. (And the lacrosse team happy) [/quote]

I have family who work at a private school.  No, there are not 100's of kids who would succeed at the local privates wasting away in the DC publics.  The local privates work extremely hard to find these types of kids, but there really aren't that many, and even the ones they do find tend to struggle.  Trust me, if the DC privates could find a large number of poor, URM's to fill their schools, they gladly would for both selfish and altruistic reasons, but unfortunately real life just doesn't look like the movies.  [/quote]

I have two kids in a NW DC private HS.  We know one kid (teammate) very well who is on full scholarship.  Even the little things like transportation are an issue.  Behavior expectations are also a challenge.  Feels like the entire experience will be a struggle for him.  [/quote]

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