<p>Oldmacdonald, where do you get the notion that there’s a shortage of full pay kids at private schools? FA isn’t done out of necessity by the schools because they wouldn’t otherwise be able to find enough qualified full pay candidates. FA is a values choice by the schools, because they want socioeconomic diversity. I think you have a pretty warped view of “wealthy people” if you think that they don’t send their kids to private schools out of ignorance or selfishness. Many “wealthy people” (indeed, perhaps the majority of them) live in communities with truly excellent public schools, so they may perfectly reasonably – and not ignorantly or selfishly – decide to send their kids to public school. And indeed, for really, truly wealthy people, private school tuition is a drop in the bucket, so I can’t imagine that they’re deciding not to send their kids to private school because they’d rather spend their money on something else. They can afford the Porsche in the garage and the kid in private school.</p>