ISSUES
4 Access and affordability explored on campus by Nolan Marcus cce an affor ability i a olicy t at mo t t ent at c ool on t o ten t in abo t or n er tan . ten mi ta en or nancial ai acce an affor ability i an o ort nity or t o e o cannot affor St. ar b t are ali e to be ere. i incl e t ition an lemental a i tance. inancial ai o l be n er t e mbrella o acce an affor ability ” i tant ea ma ter Scott olly ai . “We are looking for any boy o a t e ability to be ere to ave t e o ort nity to be ere. n to ave eno re o rce to el t eir amilie .” ccor in to olly nancial aid applies to tuition and lemental e en e an there is an application for a amily i t ey i to a ly or it. “Anyone who applies to St. ar can al o a ly or nancial ai i t ey i an ba ically it a matter o llin o t ome a er or ” olly ai . t ent off to a t ir arty t at eval ate an t en ma e a recommen ation et er t e amily o l receive t ition a i tance.” The school then uses the b et or nancial ai ic come rom t e c ool en o ment n to ay or a rove t ent . e va t ma ority o t ition a i tance come rom t e en o ment an t at amo nt to a little over 2. million ” olly ai . at c rrently i trib te to abo t ome ere in t e nei bor oo o 20 to 2 t ent .” i mi ion to allo everyone o a t e ability to atten t e c ool ill contin e olly ai . e nee to n e ervin t ent e cate amilie an do our outreach work that will allo more amilie to no abo t St. ar olly ai . at ta e a lon time. t in t at all o t e e initiative rom every er ective lay o t over many year .” n a ition t e c ool or on spreading awareness about t e im ortance o acce an affor ability. “We want to get into other area o alla t ro increa e o treac ro t e a arene o t e ro ram ” olly ai . ere are a lot o eo le o t t ere o ave ear ay co l never affor St. ar an t ere are eo le in t e alla area o on t even no abo t .” or olly t e c ool ant to ive every ali e boy an equal opportunity to succeed an receive t e be t e cation t ey o ibly can. et ay omeone come rom a amily t at pays full tuition and is able to ta e a vanta e o all t e o ort nitie available an i able to artici ate in everyt in t at t e c ool offer ” olly ai . e o l li e or any t ent o receive t ition assistance to also be able to participate in the full breadth an e t o t e St. ar e erience too.”
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news &
the remarker february 4, 2022
ADMiSSiON
Years of change on campus In the school’s alma mater, ‘Old and ever new’ describes much of the evolution at 10600 Preston Rd. The way diversity is considered in admission has stayed consistent over decades. But the makeup of the school has not.
THE MARKSMAN EXPERIENCE n a mi ion t ent rom many ifferent ty e o bac ro n ave been acce te into t e c ool or t e ltimate oal o rovi in ifferent ty e o iver ity o er ective in t e t ent bo y be i e t e obvio o tion o et nicity con i ere by many c ool .
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hen Bobby Walker ‘91 walked into cla ere or t e r t time e loo e ifferent. a a i oot tall lac y rom a liff it a eri c rl ” al er ai . e elt ifferent. remember oin to a alentine ay arty it oc a ay ” al er ai “and the other Black guys were doing dances that were popular for us at that time an remember everybo y la in at . t a t i mall little e t re t at o e t e c ool a ifferent lace.” n at t e en o t e ay al er a ifferent rom t e ma ority o i cla mate . e a a minority. e a on nancial ai . al er entere event ra e a one o ve lac t ent . y t e en o t e year only one remaine . on t ea or anyone el e ” al er ai b t to t it bl ntly co l n t ma e t e c lt ral tran ition.” Walker chose to attend Lancaster nior i Sc ool. or i mot er t o t e c ool a an o ort nity al er co l not affor to mi an e ret rne or i re man year. “It quickly became clear to me t at t e Board of Trustees wanted us to be a school that was re re entative ” oltber ai “to ensure that ARNOLD HOLTBERG we had students rom ifferent nei bor oo in alla ifferent ocioeconomic bac ro n an ifferent ethnic and racial backgrounds because every conver ation o l be enric e an enlivene by avin ifferent er ective on t em.” mi ion irector avi a er ee t at ort o iver ity a a erie o oint o vie . y vie o iver ity i a a ynonym or er ective ” a er ai . e believe a iver ity o er ective i im ortant a it a conte t in cla room layin el t io — erever. t i a art o t i broader notion that our school is a series of conver ation .” oltber em a i e at t e c ool im lemente a not affirmative action b t rat er merely e an in t e c ool reac or ali e a licant .
“What we constructed was an action lan ” oltber ai ere e o l brin t e mo t ca able yo n men it a m c c aracter a o ible rom a many ifferent bac ro n a e co l an create a on er l te ere every conver ation can be very very ric . at a o r oal an t in e e t o r eye on t at ob ective.” or oltber electin minority t ent to im ly meet a ota a a ain t at t e c ool tan or. n tea e trive to a mit t ent o co l t rive ” a contra tin a roac to ot er in tit tion . The notion of diversity of perspective is that boys from different backgrounds, different ethnicities, different religious views, different socioeconomics, all make a conversation richer and deeper. DAVID BAKER Director of Admission
“We did not want to go down the road o ayin i e on t ave certain ercent o minority t ent e re not oin o r ob ” oltber ai . Some niver itie a mit eo le to ac ieve n mber not beca e t e niver itie are actin in t e t ent be t intere t. n believe t at e are all e al an e erve e al o ort nitie every la t one o b t e al o nee i e o ort nitie t at t o t at e can ac ieve t e mo t.” i o inion i in art erive rom oltber er onal e erience a one o t e lo income t ent at rinceton niver ity. a a c olar i t ent my entire ay t ro colle e ” oltber ai . y amily co l n t affor to en me to a rivate niver ity erio . ein rom a blic c ool a not e o e to a real wide range of literature nor taught to rite li e my eer o a i octane educations at schools like Exeter or n over. t r t t ere ere a lot o c allen e . a on erin at in t e orl a oin t ere. at oe n t ave anyt in to o in my min it one race or et nicity. t a to o it one e erience an o ort nitie .” Before admitting t ent a er i enti e a ba e level o a mi ibility that includes energy and curiosity in all
ort o ay intellect ally at letically an arti tically. rom t ere t e a mi ion roce et even to er. ir t o all e re oin to elect rom a group of students who are all past the r le o a mi ibility ” a er ai . e on t et a oal or re irement t at o r class has to be a certain percent this or certain ercent t at. en e elect rom it in t at ro or all in o rea on .” Baker also stressed the idea that there are ar more ay to be iver e t an t et nicity. t ea y or ol to i c t i i e an ea o iver ity only a et nicity ” a er ai . t t at not t e ay e loo at it. e are loo in at a iver ity o vie oint o e erience . e boy t at e brin to t e c ool rom ot er art o t e co ntry or orl are val able to iver i y t e er ective it in o r t ent bo y.” o oltber t e im act a iver e t ent bo y o l ave on t e comm nity ent beyon an arbitrary n mber or o itive re . at e ante to o a to ma e re e a a comm nity o yo n scholars who would contribute to the abric o St. ar Sc ool o e a in t eir o n ay ” oltber ai ic meant e o l ave eo le o are rom ifferent bac ro n o o l learn rom eac ot er an learn to ave oo re ect l conver ation an i a reement . r yo n men o l be prepared for the world and not only be re are or it b t to lea in it an er a in a ecial ay.” STORY Myles Lowenberg, Keshav Krishna GRAPHIC Keshav Krishna by the
numbers boys enrolled at the school
903
13.3 48 percent of students recieve
2.5
percent students of color
million dollars in financial aid