Why doesn’t Marian function more like a business and charge the full cost of educating students?
There is a huge difference between a business, whose mission is to make money, and a school, whose mission is education. Schools like Marian are labor-intensive and people-oriented, and they cannot become more efficient by combining classrooms, reducing staff, or “firing” inefficient students. In addition, since Annual Appeal Fund gifts are tax-deductible, you can maximize their education dollars by writing off their donation.
