When K Admission Doesn’t Guarantee HS Admission
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Anonymous
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Would you think it would be better if for K-8 and K-12 schools, the admission to middle school, and admission to high school, is NOT guaranteed by the time you enter at kindergarten?
I was thinking about this and I think it would be a better model if all schools do this. It will make every student study harder and not be complacent, when both existing students of the school and external applicants, have to go through the same application process, to enter middle school, and to enter high school. What are your thoughts on this? |
Anonymous
| It’s definitely better. |
Anonymous
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If for example there is an actual graduation from the elementary school, a graduation from middle school, and obviously a graduation from high school, I think this could work.
If big schools (like Trinity / Dalton / Horace Mann, etc…) has separate schools, for example : "Trinity Elementary School" (K to Grade 4 at age 5 - 10), "Trinity Middle School" (Grade 5 to 8 at age 10 - 14), "Trinity High School" (Grade 9 to 12 at age 14 - 18), and each of these are in the different buildings or different campuses, I think it could work. Elementary school, middle school, high school, will each have their own admissions department, and own head of school. I think if there's a natural graduation once you complete elementary school, and a graduation once you complete middle school, it provides a natural / default reset to think where do you want to go next. As the kids are on their last year of elementary school, they become the leaders of the school. And as the kids are on their last year of middle school, they become the leaders of the school. I think that leadership opportunity, and expectation that you will apply to the next stage like everybody else, will eventually help with their confidence and preparation for the future. For example, for college application. |
Anonymous
No, People pay to secure the spot. If it isn't guaranteed the money is going to dry up very quickly. It isn't what best for the school. |
Anonymous
| It might be better if you were building a meritocracy, but most schools aren’t. |
Anonymous
💯 agree. |
Anonymous
Yeah, there's no earthly reason to pony up $70k/year to educate your 6yo except as a down payment for later on. |
Anonymous
| No one is paying 70k/yr to be in the same stressful hamster wheel as the existing public model. |
Anonymous
| It would be pretty fun to see the rich parents of lifers lose their sh!!t when they realize their kids have to earn their spot in US. |
Anonymous
Actually a K-5 school like The Caedmon School charges $68K per year for elementary school. |
Anonymous
People spend money in stupid ways all the time - take away the promise of high school admissions and the pool of people willing to pony up that much for elementary gets a lot smaller. Even if people still wanted private, you'd see a lot more families sending their kids to $40k/year neighborhood schools absent the guaranteed middle/high school slot; until middle school at least the distinction simply isn't enough to matter, and it's barely enough even in middle. Just in my own experience, my cousin has two kids in a very expensive elementary they don't exactly love and struggle to pay for because they don't want to lose their place for the high school. |
Anonymous
| I think some people pay $70K for elementary school tuition fee because they like the nicer facilities in the private school, and they like the parent community. |
Anonymous
| They do this already by quietly counseling kids out. |
Anonymous
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What kinds of students are being counseled out?
Is there a certain percentage of the class that is being counseled out? Is it like if you are in the bottom 10 or 20%, or a different percentage? Or there’s no specific percentage? |
Anonymous
| Every time I see "quietly" now I think chatgpt |