[Loud Mime]

A blogger on FreeRepublic.com discovered that Frost and his sister, Gemma, attend a private school where tuition costs $20,000 a year.

What School is this? How long has he been attending? Is this cost per student or for the two of them?

This needs more documentation.

[ConservativeMajority]

Cost & Financial Assistance
Tuition for 2007-2008 Lower School $19,530
Middle School $19,530
Upper School $21,080
Additional charges may include books, athletic fees, trips, and graduation, depending on division.

http://www.parkschool.net/admission/index.cfm?type=list&objectid=232

[Izzy Dunne]

FWIW, here is the original post.

[DBrow]

“This needs more documentation.”

It’s in the article. The kids get scholarships and the parents pay $500 per child. The non-scholarship tuition is $20K.

I don’t know if this is the case here, but many public schools outsource special needs kids to more specialized schools, the school district pays most of the tuition. There are lots of very expensive schools where most of the kids ways are paid by tax dollars.

I think the key with this story is for us to point out that the original, unexpanded SCHIP saved these kids lives and is paying for their recovery. Bush merely vetoed the expansion, but clearly the original program works, thank God, or these kids would be in deep water and the family destitute.

Don’t go after the kids, the family, or their situation.

While we can use propaganda to make it look like this working family is wealthy, they may not be at all. The dad is a cabinetmaker, so seeing them in a kitchen with nice cabinets (their kitchen is bigger and better fitted out than mine fer shur) does not mean $$$, it probably means lots of weekend work at his own shop.

[Marysecretary]

$20,000 really seems high to me. We have a private Christian school in our church and the cost is around $4,000 per student, cheaper if other siblings attend.