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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have begun to absolutely hate these threads.  Even as a private school parent, my head isn't so far up my own ass to recognize that what we offer our kids is truly and wonderfully a luxury good.  Every poster here, who so earnestly paint a picture of how they sacrifice to pay tuition or how honestly their "need" is for a private school education.  It's all BS.  I don't begrudge you FA, if you want to be at my school and figure out a way to do it, good for you!  But please, be honest with yourself.  It's a luxury good and someone is helping you pay for it.  [/quote]

My read on most of the kids on FA in my kids school is that they are solidly middle class, two income families who have opted out of generally good public schools based on the availability of FA.   If you want to find schools really attempting to help those most abandoned by failing public schools, you need to look at the charters.  Privates are not helping many kids east of the river.  They are helping the PP with her PhD and 250K HHI.  Not passing judgement, but let's be realistic about who is receiving the FA.[/quote]

No disagreement with that. My question is, what's wrong with that? Private schools benefit from admitting and giving FA to solidly middle class, two family incomes. I don't know that the goal of a private school is, or has ever been, to help those most abandoned by failing public schools. I mean clearly wealthy people who send their kids to private school aren't fleeing failing public schools. The goal of most private schools that offer FA is to create a diverse learning environment. That diversity is accomplished by admitting kids of wealthy parents, kids of middle class parent and kids of lower income parents. Everyone admits that anyone who is solidly middle class more than likely cannot afford a $40K school. So the only way to attract those families is to provide some FA. It's not a full ride. Are people really gripping over someone getting 30% financial aid??? I'm not saying you are, I'm just saying in general. Perhaps what we need to move away from is this notion that the purpose of financial aid is to provide a chance for poor people...yeah, no the purpose is to make it affordable for anyone who can't afford to pay the full sticker price and that includes the PP with her PhD and 250K HHI.[/quote]

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