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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools and staff all seem to be rather opaque on this topic. It allows them the leverage to offer more to some and less to others, or to change longheld internal practices without much oversight.

I'm slightly irked by the private teacher I know who gets FA, but I also know her parents foot the tuition bill. I don't know how she manages this, nor would the school want to tell me. But I know for a fact she gets a huge tuition discount AND she isn't the one paying it. So, loophole found. [/quote]
Maybe the school determined that with the amount her parents could afford to assist, she still qualified for FA. You don’t know what her financial situation is. Mind your own business. [/quote]

I mean, it is my business if I pay tuition to the school and make annual donations to the annual fund. How the FA $ is allotted is every parent's business. She feels like she is entitled to the FA, so she specifically does not disclose the gifts from her parents in the forms. I think that's pretty common - for teachers and non-teachers alike.

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Paying tuition does not give you any right to any say in how the school spends its money. If you don’t like the school’s choices, you are free to go elsewhere. Giving money to the annual fund gives you some right to be informed about how that money is spent, but again, if you don’t agree with the school’s choice, don’t give or go elsewhere. You paying tuition or giving to the annual fund does not make any other person’s finances your business. How financial aid is allotted is not anyone’s business but the school’s. It is the school’s money to determine who gets how much. You do not know the specifics of anyone else’s financial situation to know whether or not they “deserve” FA or how much. There are many factors that go into determining FA and you cannot have the complete picture for this teacher or anyone else, and are not entitled to that information about them. If you are unhappy with your *perception* of how the school gives out FA or spends any other part of its budget, stop giving money to the annual fund and/or go somewhere else. [/quote]

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