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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know of multiple kids who get 50% off and they live it 1.5M homes and higher in McLean and Bethesda and are receiving significant financial aid for their kid in a top school. Also worthy of note- these are not top athletes, students, etc.

Anyone else seeing this? [/quote]

Same at my DD school. Financial aid covers things like out of state school trips too. Family lives in 1.5-2.5 mil home, dad drives Tesla, mom does not work. I thought the $ we contribute to scholarships was to cover [b]kids from truly disadvantaged backgrounds[/b]. Smart, motivated kids whose single mom works two jobs to make ends meet sort of thing. Not for entitled, advanatged folks who make poor $ choices.[/quote]

Genuinely curious - have you seen these truly disadvantaged kids at your school? The ones in the inexpensive house with the mom working two jobs? [/quote]
Also curious, how would you know? [b]Do you look up everyone’s address in Zillow? [/b]Stake out the pick up line to see if they drive a beat up Honda or Kia vs an Audi or a Tesla? Interrogate parents about how many jobs they have and how much money they make?

I can see maybe stumbling across some info in conversation about a family or two and their FA status, but truly, how do people know who is on FA and what their situations are? I have literally no clue about the FA status of DC’s friends, much less any family outside that friend circle. Nor do I know what most of their parents do. And now that it’s HS - I haven’t even been to most of their houses because the kids are much more able to manage their social lives on their own. [/quote]

I actually believe some of the complainers here do this.[/quote]

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