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Do you think any of the private schools will eventually shut down (within say 5 years) for lack of funding??
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01.12.09, 09:21 AM Flag ]
- Could happen the the bottom schools and the new schools (the ones where people think should I fork out 34k for this or go public?), but not to the tt and most competitive 2nd tiers.
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  01.12.09, 09:25 AM Flag
  - Right I agree. Like the Claremont (downtown) type schools, funded by nouveau riche who lost in the markets.
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    01.12.09, 09:26 AM Flag
- LOL - no way. Ours had record annual fund donations this year as a matter of fact.
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  01.12.09, 09:29 AM Flag
  - right 2007. But watch what the 2008 records say.
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    01.12.09, 09:38 AM Flag
- no, not even the newer schools (and there's another one opening next fall). there's enough of a market for private education in NYC, regardless of the economy.
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  01.12.09, 09:55 AM Flag
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    01.12.09, 09:56 AM Flag
  - does no one remember the 90s? does no one remember when BWL was BW and L?
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    01.12.09, 09:59 AM Flag
    - That's one school that will be taking anyone with money this year.
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      01.12.09, 10:01 AM Flag
    - ok but there were far fewer kids in the city and the schools in some iteration are still standing, no? Claremont and Mandell are here to stay. Signed, someone who has no interest in either of those schools.
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      01.12.09, 10:03 AM Flag
      - I know that at least this year, Mandell's applications for both '09/10 K and 1st "far exceeded" expectations.
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        01.12.09, 10:04 AM Flag
        
        np What school wouldn't say that--even if apps were down? Easy to build cachet by saying this (even if it's not true).
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        01.12.09, 10:08 AM Flag
        
        this wasn't public info for prospective parents--I know a parent at the school and she heard this from an admissions staff person as she was a tour guide this year.
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        01.12.09, 10:13 AM Flag
    - that's one school, and who knows if it was the economy that drove the merger of the two. it's not like there was a flurry of school closings 10-15 years ago.
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      01.12.09, 10:03 AM Flag
      - The eoconomy is far worse than it was 10 to 15 years ago.
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        01.12.09, 10:09 AM Flag
        
        still not going to have enough of an impact to close schools. way too much demand, especially if publics are going to suffer too with budget cuts.
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        01.12.09, 10:14 AM Flag
        
        Publics going to suffer big time with economiy; larger class sizes and less resources. Would not be very happy with K class of 30+ kids. PA will try and cover some of the gap but don't have nearly the needed resources to fix it.
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        02.27.09, 06:55 AM Flag
    - I also remember McBurney. My bet would be there is a strong likelihood that at least a couple schools will be forced to close. That said, tuition for K-8 is up quite a bit from the 80s and 90s - well in excess of how costs have inflated. Heck, back when I went to Riverdale about 25 years ago, tuition for the upper school was still in the 4 digits.
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      02.27.09, 07:08 AM Flag

Do you think any of the private schools will eventually shut down (within say 5 years) for lack of funding??

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Do you think any of the private schools will eventually shut down (within say 5 years) for lack of funding??

Could happen the the bottom schools and the new schools (the ones where people think should I fork out 34k for this or go public?), but not to the tt and most competitive 2nd tiers.

Right I agree. Like the Claremont (downtown) type schools, funded by nouveau riche who lost in the markets.

LOL - no way. Ours had record annual fund donations this year as a matter of fact.

right 2007. But watch what the 2008 records say.

no, not even the newer schools (and there's another one opening next fall). there's enough of a market for private education in NYC, regardless of the economy.

ita

does no one remember the 90s? does no one remember when BWL was BW and L?

That's one school that will be taking anyone with money this year.

ok but there were far fewer kids in the city and the schools in some iteration are still standing, no? Claremont and Mandell are here to stay. Signed, someone who has no interest in either of those schools.

I know that at least this year, Mandell's applications for both '09/10 K and 1st "far exceeded" expectations.

np What school wouldn't say that--even if apps were down? Easy to build cachet by saying this (even if it's not true).

this wasn't public info for prospective parents--I know a parent at the school and she heard this from an admissions staff person as she was a tour guide this year.

that's one school, and who knows if it was the economy that drove the merger of the two. it's not like there was a flurry of school closings 10-15 years ago.

The eoconomy is far worse than it was 10 to 15 years ago.

still not going to have enough of an impact to close schools. way too much demand, especially if publics are going to suffer too with budget cuts.

Publics going to suffer big time with economiy; larger class sizes and less resources. Would not be very happy with K class of 30+ kids. PA will try and cover some of the gap but don't have nearly the needed resources to fix it.