They will feel a fellowship with a wider community of Friends and Friends' schools. They will help the school strengthen as a Salem Quarter institution. They will help the school serve as a form of Friends' outreach. Scarcity is the first answer. There are just not very many Friends' children in southern New Jersey.
Philosophy is the second answer.
Some people have a commitment to their local public school. Money is the third answer and the one I think we can do something about. In fact, we have already done something about it and plan to do more. Friends School has made a major commitment to financial aid, sometimes accounting for 10 per cent of our operating budget. All financial aid is need-based and calculated according to a formula similar to those used by colleges in determining their grants of financial aid.