Originally Posted by Raddy
Val:You can do that in state schools too - only there is a bigger choice of state schools. Your financial clout is maybe 1 in 600 (if the school has 600 pupils) and inevitebly Little Lord Fauntelroy or a kid whose dad is a highly paid soccer player has many times more clout than Jonny Briggs from the council estate (housing projecct?) unfortunately.

If you want to maximize systemic control of the institution, ideally you want your parent to be the superintendent of the school district or principal of the school you are attending.