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We are at a Title I DCPS school applying to private middle school. There are wonderful students at our school, from working-class families, who would be so uplifted by a chance at a strong private school. My DC has an outstanding classmate and we've sought to support this child's parent in their applications.

But as I'm going through this, I see that the process itself is such a barrier to low-income families.  The essays alone are insane.  How is a parent without a college degree supposed to write these?  The process feels like an intentional screen for professional-class families. Once the admissions office gets to FA decisions, the families who made it all the way through and who have the greatest "need" are still professional-class families with six-figure HHI.
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This is 100% it. The schools, donors, and families want only as much diversity as possible to say they are diverse but not disrupt their bubble. The full pay families consider the lower 6 figure HHI to be poor so that’s the socioeconomic diversity [/quote]

I think most people would much rather FA go to families who truly deserve it and bring diversity (or some other benefit to the school) than to our neighbors gaming the system. And the grifters know this otherwise they would be upfront about receiving FA. Instead they keep it a secret like the family I just heard about getting FA at multiple schools for their multiple just regular white kids while living in some of the nicest neighborhoods around. No one would ever guess. [/quote]
Why do you think a family’s finances are your business that they should be “upfront” with you about their FA status? “Oh, hi, I’m Larlo’s mom, nice to meet you. We make $80k a year and get aid, what about you?” Give me a break. [/quote]

Yes, that way they can be looked down upon and made to feel inferior at regular intervals, and the FA donors can have their egos stroked. Actually, the ideal would be if everyone who got FA had to wear signs with their household income on it while at school events so everyone else could judge their worthiness.  /s[/quote]

That is 100% what the OP's outrage is about. When they say they want FA to go to the "truly needy" they mean "people we can see are poorer than us, because of the kind of house where they live." And if it weren't houses it would be something else -- vacations, cars, shoes. You can easily imagine the threads: "People whose kids wear brand name clothes but getting significant financial aid!" or "FA family turned down my secondhand clothes??"

Bluntly, if it's a priority for your kid to be in classrooms with truly needy students, public school is right there. 
What the outraged posters want is to be around a limited number of carefully screened families who are needy enough to be grateful/cowed.[/quote]

Convenient how your argument supports giving less FA to low-income students. Let’s put that on the website and in the viewbook, shall we? FA only for people with enough money that we don’t feel uncomfortable around them. But look at all our diversity and inclusion!!

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For the umpteenth time, nobody on this thread sets the school FA policy. They can fund whoever they want, but they do not fund the people you say you want them to. I think the reasons are understandable, if not admirable.

The school's primary mission is not diversity, just like most families are not there for diversity. If that is your starting framework, then the diversity that most schools do achieve - race, ethnicity, religion, family background, and yes economic within a narrow band - is notable IMO. It could definitely be worse. [/quote]

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