False dichotomy FTL.

What an insane misallocation of charitable giving. You'd rather donate to a well capitalized private school than a charity actually doing something good?

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all off topic. When seeking socioeconomic diversity for purposes of financial, schools are considering the general population, not some myopically narrow subset in your warped mind.

Sure it’s off-topic if you read the thread. Open up the discussion if you like but don’t get all pissy when you do.

Stop being so defensive. There's nothing in the thread to suggest this is off-topic.

Anonymous wrote:Not at all off topic. When seeking socioeconomic diversity for purposes of financial, schools are considering the general population, not some myopically narrow subset in your warped mind.

Sure it’s off-topic if you read the thread. Open up the discussion if you like but don’t get all pissy when you do.

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Anonymous wrote:Since my child joined a private school, I’ve noticed a consistent pattern: every year, tuition increases by several percentage points more than my salary. Over time, this gap has widened to the point where the financial pressure no longer feels justified.

Starting this year, I’ve made a simple decision. I’ll continue volunteering my time to support the school community, but I will only donate $1 to fundraising efforts. I’ll reconsider that position once tuition increases start to fall below the rate of my own wage growth.

I’m 100 percent confident this is the ethical choice. Private schools are already granted significant tax exemptions and operate with far more financial flexibility than most families. If they choose to increase costs faster than the income of the people paying them, they can’t expect those same families to contribute even more beyond tuition. Volunteering is a meaningful form of support, and for now, that will be the main way I give back.

I hate to tell you, but private school tuition increases ALWAYS happen every year. I think there might have been one year during COVID when they didn't, but otherwise they've always increased around 3% a year. It sounds as though private might not be a good choice for you, especially considering the cost to educate your child is in fact more than the tuition you pay. Ask any financial aid officer at your school. There's a gap that funds such as the annual fund help to cover.

It’s a good choice for my kid and I will donate $1 and volunteer. I would guess that’s also ok for the schools since donations are voluntary.

$1 is just downright nasty. Instead of being a jerk why not just volunteer and call it a day? No need to make a political statement with the $1. Nowhere is tuition priced out according to the incomes of the parents that make up the body. It comes down to their needs and yes profit.

If you can’t afford to send your kid to private school, I’m sorry.. take your measly $1 to public school. Or better yet, plan better. Factoring things like school cost, cost of living, salary increases are all things to consider when deciding to have children.. deciding what career path to embark on.. deciding whether to put your kids in private school. Are you people really out here just having babies and not forward thinking at all?

You're clueless. Privates would prefer you donate a dollar rather than nothing, because a big part of their marketing goal is that they can claim they have 100% fundraising participation (look how our families love us!!! @blessed kind of shite). So, this isn't spitting in their face, it's doing them a favor.

At our kids' private elementary, I was the class chair for one hear in terms of fundraising. I had access to the amounts each family gave, and it was a very wide range. Some families gave only $50, and other families gave $5,000. Most families did contribute. The school was genuinely grateful to all families who chose to participate, since it showed a commitment to the school, and showed that they gave what they could reasonably afford. So to OP, I would suggest perhaps $50, as a donation of $1 would be viewed as a bit hostile. This is your child's school, and you don't want to be rude. But that's completely fine if you cannot afford a large donation. I recall that we were told that, if each family gave $1,200, that would cover the annual shortfall (not covered by tuition revenue). Many families were definitely not able to contribute $1,200, but they were nice enough to do $50. As you may know, the fundraising largely helps with financial aid, giving access to the school to children who could not afford the tuition.

Anonymous wrote:Not at all off topic. When seeking socioeconomic diversity for purposes of financial, schools are considering the general population, not some myopically narrow subset in your warped mind.

No we don't consider the general population.

There is nothing new in this thread. Could have been written in 2000 or 2015. When my first kid entered in K, private school was @ $14,000, by the time they graduated it more than tripled. It seems absurd but parents will - in the next eight to ten years - pay $100k for a day school.

Not at all off topic. When seeking socioeconomic diversity for purposes of financial, schools are considering the general population, not some myopically narrow subset in your warped mind.