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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it your contention that families on financial aid add no diversity to private schools?[/quote]

On the contrary, I do believe that low income families add diversity, but there are very few of them. The vast majority of people receiving financial aid are upper middle class families that live in comfortable homes in high income zip codes. [/quote]
Let's take Sidwell for example. Their website says that nearly a quarter of students are on FA and that the average grant is just under $40K. Are you claiming that upper middle class families receive $40K in FA?[/quote]

It’s very simple. In any single year you can ask any parent in sidwell or any other private school how many low income families they have in their year. You would be surprised by answer. On the contrary, high income families with house in good zip codes and multiple children receives this FA. It is very simple to check. With similar levels of FA there are max 1 low income family in my kids’ school in each year.[/quote]

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