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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really like that so many of the teachers and other employees at my kids' school send their own children. [b] It shows me they think as highly of the school as I do! [/b] Also, they're some of the most fun people to talk to at school events, because they're got good stories.

And remember, they're parents too just like all of you.  They're often anxious about how other non-teacher parents will treat them, about whether other parents might think their children are not as qualified, about whether their children will do well at the school, and about whether having both child and parent at the school is too close.

It's all the same issues you worry about, plus several extra complicated ones.  So give them a break, willya?

-- not a teacher[/quote]

Sure, but who is going to refuse a free or discounted education in DC given the extreme tuition and ability to drop off and pick up your kid from work?  Who would say no to that? I don't make the leap that it's fully about thinking highly of the school or feeling that it is a great fit for your child.
Ultimately, I think that prospective parents want to feel like the process of admission is fair!  The notion that spots are going to wealthy donors, board member kids, employees, etc. upset the rest of the parents out there that are going about the process without employee connections or extreme wealth.  The glossy brochures from private schools talk about cultivating an ideal study class body for the particular school.  But when you hear about all of these kids that get in due to the above reasons, it makes you question that a bit.  [/quote]

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