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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does everyone know who's getting down payments from parents and grandparents paying for private schools? I'm in both of those categories but I've told almost no one. I may have mentioned that my parents pay for the kids' private schools to a few old friends who already know family's situation because we've been close for decades. But none of my neighbors, coworkers, or parents at my kids' school knows this. And I have never mentioned the down payment to anyone. I can't imagine why I would ever tell them. Is this something people talk about or is it a lot of speculation? [/quote]

It becomes obvious in a number of ways. Dad is at DoJ, mom is part-time at a liberal nonprofit. Somehow the three kids go to GDS. Or, mom is an artist, spouse is a consultant in something he can't describe well, and the grandparents show up on Grandparents Day driving a $120,000 S-Class and dripping in large diamonds. This artist consultant family just bought a turn key renovated home in Cleveland Park.

That sort of thing. It's not hard.  More nuanced is the GS-14 parents who work hard and send 3 kids to school for $48k a year. They don't look like loafers, but they also aren't getting that kind of financial aid, so ...[/quote]

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