Annual tuition at Emerson Preparatory School was$ 29, 000, yet Jackson Janney’s last year at the struggling private high school began in the basement of a downtown Washington hotel. There were no desks or whiteboards.... Guests walked by as he prepared for the SAT in the lobby.Wp Get the full experience. Choose your plan ArrowRight Janney, who graduated in 2020, was one of the last students at Emerson Preparatory School, a venerated, 168-year-old D.C. institution that educated those who didn’t