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[quote=Anonymous]I'm stuck right in the middle on this one.  I think independent schools should encourage diversity, and provide FA to do so.  But I doubt that the families with $1M homes in good zip codes and three or more kids who get FA because the numbers just work out to their advantage actually add that much diversity.  It does [u][i][b]seem[/b][/i][/u]  like some parents are relying on FA to fund their lifestyle choices -- even when it is only a nice/large house in NWDC or 3+ kids, for example -- instead of moving somewhere in MD or VA with very good public schools and houses that are just as nice/large.  It is frustrating to those of us who made different choices -- smaller families, high paying but brutal-hours jobs, etc -- to feel like we don't get a break.
 
I hope to be an ind school parent next year and will pay full freight -- I'm fine with that.  But I'd rather that any portion of our tuition that goes to FA for other students would also support a program that tries to reach out to parents with bright kids who might never have heard or thought of sending their kids anywhere other than the crappy neighborhood elementary school.   [/quote]

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