One thing prospective parents should know is that they can be heavily pressured to make a "voluntary" contribution to Hyde over and above "tuition". This, in the past, was called "fair share giving." But, it didn't really feel voluntary. It felt like a PR tactic to keep upfront tuition down, and then pressure parents to pay more later. Possibly, this was also a tax dodge. The pressure to contribute was heavy,in my experience. And, if you didn't sacrifice to give, your attitude was called into question, a standard Hyde tactic in many situations.
I have always wondered why Hyde didn't get in trouble for this with the IRS. It was presented to parents as a plus, because they got to take part of what actually was tuition as a tax write-off by calling it a contribution. Parents were even given a specific dollar amount to contribute in order to meet their full tuition cost. This was their "fair share".
In my time at Hyde this felt very manipulative. We were even pressured as students to contribute to the school from our own earnings at summer jobs as a way of showing our "commitment" to the cause.
I have read some about this in other posts, but would be grateful if others would post here about what the current fundraising is like. Perhaps it is no longer as I am describing it?