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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The woman profiled got incredibly unlucky. A school not in financial turmoil may have let her slide but she happened to be working with a school in trouble and who can’t afford to lose a single dollar “owed”. Legally I understand, though ethically it’s awful. Maybe this article helps her find a Good Samaritan willing to help her. [/quote]

The school must have paid at least $10k in legal fees, and now the harm to its reputation is going to be much more severe. It’s likely that the school will never raise funds the way it did this year again and will close. so good job guys I guess? [/quote]

As I wrote weeks ago on one of the Sandy Springs threads, that school is probably not going to survive. Schools in that predicament have a tiny chance of surviving to begin with, but with the various bad decisions made on the financial front, it shows that their administration isn't very skilled in financial matters. The bad press is probably not going to sink them further, because such news aren't, by their nature, widely disseminated (even with an article in the Post). But of course it doesn't help with that very small number of families who were considering that school and who have read that article.

And I agree with the general sentiment that even though it may be legal, it doesn't seem fair that a family can be on the hook for an entire year of tuition even when they did not pay a deposit and did not attend. The contracts and their early deadlines are indeed predatory. DC private schools exist in a bubble where their services are in such high demand that they can force families into these types of financially abusive situations. It's not right.

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It’s really unfortunate these kinds of really poorly informed comments floating around. It’s just not true that the school is in more jeopardy, and this situation happened a year ago. What should be the discussion is the horrible click bait reporting by this reporter who didn’t even get a quote from the school— which doesn’t even have one, not one remaining leadership including the board that was there when this decision was made. A complete sweep of everyone in charge. This is not the same school and the audacity you have to trash it with your personal opinion but no facts is a good example of why society can’t rise. [/quote]

Did you read the article? It says, "The school did not respond to questions from the Post."   Hard to see what any school official would say to defend what they did. [/quote]

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