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[quote=Anonymous]At one of our schools they offered a school sponsored summer trip.  The school paid full fair for a mother, daughter, and the mother’s friend.  It was supposed to be an optional school trip for the kids.  The mother was very vocal about receiving the aid and thought it what she deserved because “she doesn’t make very much money”.   A lot of the families wanted their kids to attend this trip, but they didn’t because they couldn’t afford it.  Why did the school pay for these three people to go?  
At one of our schools, a parent was complaining to me because FA was not extended to ski club.  This woman was really angry because her child couldn’t ski for free.  Ski club is an option (and anyone who has kids in ski club knows that it’s the clothes that cost the most given they rent skis).  Was the school supposed to pay for the clothes too?  
I give a lot to the annual fund, but I do understand the resentment that people have toward FA recipients because of the complaints and information that some of the FA families discuss.  The families who decide not to go on the summer trip or enroll in the ski club because they can’t afford it are offended when the FA recipients complain and share. 
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