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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are tired of having to pay for other kids because their parents don’t have their act together and need financial aid.  It isn’t cute that your kid is poor, it is just a drain on the school’s resources and all the other parents who are covering your bills.[/quote]

So stop doing it. [/quote]

Most parents would love to decrease the financial aid budget and put those funds where they would benefit the children.[/quote]

That’s ok. That aid goes to upper middle class families, not to lower income families. [/quote]

How would you know?[/quote]

Because there are plenty of people who have direct knowledge of admissions practices. Also, many of us aren’t first generation dc private school families. We know the parents of the kids we went to school with who receive financial aid. The OP’s question reflects a racial blind spot. You guys assume that the minority (black) kids are on financial aid, when the majority who receive aid  are white people who blend in with the general white majority of these schools. So in fact the schools already care about socioeconomic diversity more than racial diversity, but most can’t see past their racial biases to see it. [/quote]

+1 Thanks for that[/quote]

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