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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread pops up regularly every year, here is the long story short:
1. Teachers' kids get a free ride right?
2. No

Then there is a whole discussion on which schools offer remission and which do not...

3. Omg, I had no idea?!

Congrats, let's pop the cherry of a whole new generation of innocent teacher wannabes who thing their children will get a free ride if they manage story time for 7 year olds. [/quote]

A free ride?  How offensive.  Schools that offer remission are offering a form of compensation that is more than earned -- and that contributes in a positive and meaningful way to school culture.  If I thought that parents in the school where I work thought like you do, I wouldn't be working here.  
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Look at when faculty are hired and when applications are due for the kids. Kids apply in December and contracts go out to teachers in the late Spring. Do you think teachers are "preemptively" having their kids apply to schools where they want to work and hope there is an opening the following Spring? No. They get special admissions treatment through the hiring process. Their kids didn't have to go through the same admissions process as non-faculty kids. Private school admission and financial aid distribution is INTENTIONALLY opaque for purposes like these. I think most parents are a little annoyed with the preference and discounts offered to faculty kids, I know it irks me a little as a full-pay parent who had to jump through all the admissions hurdles...Especially those with 3+ kids.  Lord. [/quote]

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