[HPforGrownups] Money issues

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 59061

manawydan at ntlworld.com writes:

> One thought that has crossed my mind is what happens when the Muggle 
> parents
> of a potential Hogwarts student are truly on the breadline and unable even
> to get their child to Kings Cross station, leave alone buy all the books,
> robes, accessories, and so on? (I'm thinking not even of someone like
> Colin's dad, who is working though on a low wage, but let's say a single
> parent on Income Support) My (entirely non-canonical) suggestion is that the
> parent just doesn't get a letter.

I suspect that was one of the questions, if not THE question, over which the 
founders of Hogwarts broke up.  Salazar Slytherin, who didn't want 
muggle-borns trained *at all* would certainly have suggested the "no letter" policy.  But 
I suspect that the others thought that the most important thing is to give 
young wizards and witches the training they need to prosper, whether they can 
afford to pay or not.

I'm reasonably certain that "tuition assistance" is available at Hogwarts, 
even to the point of waiving the fees entirely, and providing books, uniforms, 
etc.  We know that each student is mailed a ticket for the Hogwarts express. 
Indicating that Hogwarts pays for the train trip, so they might also send a 
staff member or alumnus to provide transportation *to* the train.  

  --  Ray


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