Beauvoir

[Anonymous]

Well I don't care what the Head of School said or what you may have heard, there were 6 to 8 boys last year who were rejected. That is a fact. Some were shockers, some might have known it was going to happen, I don't know. But I can tell you it was not just 1 or 2 who did not get in. I know one was totally surprised despite being told they were on the bubble. There were other boys who did not apply at all. There were others who applied, were accepted but were also accepted elsewhere and went elsewhere. The 1 or 2 thing is total fiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know one was totally surprised despite being told they were on the bubble.

This is what I'm trying to understand. Were they told by the people at Beauvoir, but St. Albans had a completely different view?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are crazy if you think that Beauvoir hs ANY say at all to who St. Albans admits to their school. There has been plenty on boys form Beauvoir who did not get into STA

It would be bizarre if STA did not take into account the views of an applicant's current school when evaluating his application, just as any school would. The idea that Beauvoir does not have "any say at all" about who STA admits is simply wrong. It may have no more say about who STA admits than it does about who GDS or Maret admit, but to argue it has no say defies reason.

I can assure you that there are kids that Beauvoir recommends accepting that STA turns down, and kids that Beauvoir is not enthusiastic about that are admitted (to borrow a PP's phrase, there've been some "shockers" on both sides of the ledger in my kids' years.) It's clear that STA makes its own decisions, but it would be--as you put it--"crazy" to think that STA pays no attention to the views of a boy's current school (be it Beauvoir or someplace else) when it evaluates applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well I don't care what the Head of School said or what you may have heard, there were 6 to 8 boys last year who were rejected. That is a fact. Some were shockers, some might have known it was going to happen, I don't know. But I can tell you it was not just 1 or 2 who did not get in. I know one was totally surprised despite being told they were on the bubble. There were other boys who did not apply at all. There were others who applied, were accepted but were also accepted elsewhere and went elsewhere. The 1 or 2 thing is total fiction.

You can believe whatever you want to. There is obviously something deeper going on here - you sound way too angry. I'll leave you to have the last word on Beauvoir's outplacement to STA as you obviously know way more than even the Head of the School. Far be it from me to argue with you. I shall now bow out gracefully from this futile argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well I don't care what the Head of School said or what you may have heard, there were 6 to 8 boys last year who were rejected. That is a fact. Some were shockers, some might have known it was going to happen, I don't know. But I can tell you it was not just 1 or 2 who did not get in. I know one was totally surprised despite being told they were on the bubble. There were other boys who did not apply at all. There were others who applied, were accepted but were also accepted elsewhere and went elsewhere. The 1 or 2 thing is total fiction.

Within the last few years, my son, was admitted to STA. Out of his class, STA rejected 3 boys. One was expelled from Beauvoir during the admissions process. STA initially accepted and then rejected him after his expulsion. The other 2 had really low test scores (only average wppsi, ERBs & STA admission test). During both family's December feedback session with Beauvoir, they were told that STA was not interested in admitting their sons. 5 boys applied elsewhere. HTH

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well I don't care what the Head of School said or what you may have heard, there were 6 to 8 boys last year who were rejected. That is a fact. Some were shockers, some might have known it was going to happen, I don't know. But I can tell you it was not just 1 or 2 who did not get in. I know one was totally surprised despite being told they were on the bubble. There were other boys who did not apply at all. There were others who applied, were accepted but were also accepted elsewhere and went elsewhere. The 1 or 2 thing is total fiction.

Within the last few years, my son, was admitted to STA. Out of his class, STA rejected 3 boys. One was expelled from Beauvoir during the admissions process. STA initially accepted and then rejected him after his expulsion. The other 2 had really low test scores (only average wppsi, ERBs & STA admission test). During both family's December feedback session with Beauvoir, they were told that STA was not interested in admitting their sons. 5 boys applied elsewhere. HTH

It is conceivable that the Head of School did not include the 3rd boy in her statistic

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well I don't care what the Head of School said or what you may have heard, there were 6 to 8 boys last year who were rejected. That is a fact. Some were shockers, some might have known it was going to happen, I don't know. But I can tell you it was not just 1 or 2 who did not get in. I know one was totally surprised despite being told they were on the bubble. There were other boys who did not apply at all. There were others who applied, were accepted but were also accepted elsewhere and went elsewhere. The 1 or 2 thing is total fiction.

Within the last few years, my son, was admitted to STA. Out of his class, STA rejected 3 boys. One was expelled from Beauvoir during the admissions process. STA initially accepted and then rejected him after his expulsion. The other 2 had really low test scores (only average wppsi, ERBs & STA admission test). During both family's December feedback session with Beauvoir, they were told that STA was not interested in admitting their sons. 5 boys applied elsewhere. HTH

It is conceivable that the Head of School did not include the 3rd boy in her statistic

Last year, Mason Lecky was on his way out as AD and from what I understand, STA's academic dean played a larger role in evaluating Beauvoir applicants. Wouldn't surprise me at all that 6-8 boys were rejected.

[Anonymous]

Why would they expel a 3rd grader?

[Anonymous]

The incident involved racial slurs and, not surprisingly, the situation was handled terribly by the administration. I'm not saying the expulsion was unjustified. There was a weak initial response, followed by complaints, and ultimately the child left the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The incident involved racial slurs and, not surprisingly, the situation was handled terribly by the administration. I'm not saying the expulsion was unjustified. There was a weak initial response, followed by complaints, and ultimately the child left the school.

PP, was this an isolated incident? Or does Beauvoir have some growing to do in terms of racial diversity?

[Anonymous]

The racial slurs leading to a child being expelled happened two years ago -- that class is now in the fifth grade, no? Or is this a second unrelated incident?

Beauvoir's life rules obviously didn't permeate through this child and his family. Or maybe they don't teach those values well enough.

[Anonymous]

This wasn't just a simple incident. If we are talking about the same incident, didn't the child call another child the N- word and the parents refused counseling. Don't claim to have first hand knowledge, only what I heard and I am a current parent. Was he really expelled or simply strongly advised to leave? I thought the administratiion handled it well, but again I was not involved first hand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well I don't care what the Head of School said or what you may have heard, there were 6 to 8 boys last year who were rejected. That is a fact. Some were shockers, some might have known it was going to happen, I don't know. But I can tell you it was not just 1 or 2 who did not get in. I know one was totally surprised despite being told they were on the bubble. There were other boys who did not apply at all. There were others who applied, were accepted but were also accepted elsewhere and went elsewhere. The 1 or 2 thing is total fiction.

Last year, Mason Lecky was on his way out as AD and from what I understand, STA's academic dean played a larger role in evaluating Beauvoir applicants. Wouldn't surprise me at all that 6-8 boys were rejected.

Whether it would surprise you or not is not the point. It did not happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This wasn't just a simple incident. If we are talking about the same incident, didn't the child call another child the N- word and the parents refused counseling. Don't claim to have first hand knowledge, only what I heard and I am a current parent. Was he really expelled or simply strongly advised to leave? I thought the administratiion handled it well, but again I was not involved first hand.

At the end of Christmas Chapel that year, the family was told that they weren't welcome back at Beauvoir.

[Anonymous]

Is this the same incident that was referred to in an earlier Beauvoir post involving a teacher making an African-American child pick up dog poop on the playground?