An enrollment contract at a prestigious private school can be a ticket to a top-tier education. But for some local families, tuition agreements have led to years of litigation, and a legal strategy that one parent calls, “disgusting.”
A weeks-long investigation by 25 Investigates has found that Austin Preparatory School, a prominent Catholic school known for its elite academics and its motto of Veritas, Unitas, and Caritas (Truth, Unity, Love), has become a repeated plaintiff in Massachusetts courtrooms.
Over the last decade, the school has filed lawsuits against parents seeking to recoup five-figure tuition fees including cases where parents tell 25 Investigates, they pulled their kids for their emotional wellbeing…