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Anonymous
Why on earth would the parents apply out if the preschool recommended that the child wait? What's the benefit? Seems like the child's fate was sealed and the parents' efforts were wasted. |
Anonymous
It's ok for parents to use their own judgment at times. |
Anonymous
Of course, but sometimes we as parents think that our children walk on water and we don't listen to those around us who might have more insight (i.e., teachers, heads of school, pediatricians, grandparents, those who have been-there-done-that, etc.) Sure, teachers aren't always right, but they do spend quite a bit of time with our children and have insights gleaned from years of experience with many other children. I recall reading that this child had all the stars aligned -- feeder preschool, 99% WPSSI, Ivy League parents with connections. I guess the teachers were right in this case, and the parents might have been a bit myopic. |
Anonymous
| I think it is presumptious for pp to assume that teachers were right. Maybe they were right OR maybe there were many, many applicants for few slots. Anyone who concludes there is something wrong with their child or that they are not ready for a particular level of schooling based only on their acceptance to highly selective and highly applied to private schools needs to consider that idea carefully. |
Anonymous
| Whether the teachers were right or not were one thing, but if the teacher recs were not good, that undoubtedly would hurt in the application process. An an earlier poster said, the child's fate was sealed, which is too bad. |
Anonymous
| I would never red shirt my child even at the advice of teachers. I would however, consider special ed. It is just a different perspective. Also, I have not read anywhere that teachers are the best judge of which child should be held back. |
Anonymous
In the future, if you think that you will get bad teacher recs, don't admit that the child is in school. |
Anonymous
I don't think the case described here would result in redshirting the child or that the teachers/school were recommending holding the child back. Sounds like they were recommending that the child spend the pre-K year at the preschool and waiting to apply out the next year for kindergarten. I've heard of this happening in other preschools. Because preschool environments can be so different from independent schools (i.e., perhaps smaller, more nurturing, focused only on the development of preschool set) sometimes children can benefit and grow quite a bit from staying at the preschool for pre-k versus moving to an ongoing school sooner. |
Anonymous
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"Yes, we got a call back and were accepted at Beauvoir. I was surprised and very excited. We don't have any connections and our son doesn't attend one of the "feeder" pre-schools mentioned on this post. In fact, he has been at a local daycare since he was about 6 months old. I will say, though, that the director of our daycare is fabulous and she went out of her way to help us throughout the process. I honestly feel that there is a strong element of randomness to this whole process. "
OMG! Another reason to live in flyover country. Y'all are nuts! |
Anonymous
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OMG! Another reason to live in flyover country. Y'all are nuts!
Huh????????? |
Anonymous
| Imagine living in "flyover country" and taking the time to read posts about private schools in the DC area. Now THAT'S nuts! |
Anonymous
| (am I the only one who had to look up "flyover country"?) |
Anonymous
| Wonder if that pp knows that some of us live in "flyover" parts of the city! |
Anonymous
| what is flyover country? |
Anonymous
The middle. Central and mountain time zones, mostly. I think it started as a derogatory term for places where supposed yokels live, that we just "fly over" en route from DC to California. Of course in this area, they could just as easily mean PG, because it gets even less respect. 
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