Bullis school

[Anonymous]

Say what you will, the Bullis strategy is working - they are getting a lot of attention from the other MoCo schools that ignored Bullis in the past. Success in athletics matters a lot more than it should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Say what you will, the Bullis strategy is working - they are getting a lot of attention from the other MoCo schools that ignored Bullis in the past. Success in athletics matters a lot more than it should.

And this is a good thing because . . . . ?

[Anonymous]

Bullis won't sustain itself with the number of "recruited" athletes they are bringing in for all sports and allowing to go for a very low price or virtually nothing.

The families who are paying full freight to attend are well aware of what is happening in particular to the football and basketball teams. When Little Johnny is no longer the starting point guard in hoops or starting QB in football and loses his starting job to JAMAL who magically appears during the summer ... the cards will begin to crumble for Dr. Boarman who seems to be running Bullis like its some public school.

I'm sure he has some boosters and alums bankrolling / paying for some students to attend Bullis but he better be careful who he is doing deals with because it could come back to hurt him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bullis won't sustain itself with the number of "recruited" athletes they are bringing in for all sports and allowing to go for a very low price or virtually nothing.

The families who are paying full freight to attend are well aware of what is happening in particular to the football and basketball teams. When Little Johnny is no longer the starting point guard in hoops or starting QB in football and loses his starting job to JAMAL who magically appears during the summer ... the cards will begin to crumble for Dr. Boarman who seems to be running Bullis like its some public school.

I'm sure he has some boosters and alums bankrolling / paying for some students to attend Bullis but he better be careful who he is doing deals with because it could come back to hurt him.

Sad to see this kind of racism. One of the strengths of the Bullis community is its diversity and genuine inclusiveness. Not sure what your beef is against Bullis, but it's pathetic that you're willing to use racism as a weapon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis won't sustain itself with the number of "recruited" athletes they are bringing in for all sports and allowing to go for a very low price or virtually nothing.

The families who are paying full freight to attend are well aware of what is happening in particular to the football and basketball teams. When Little Johnny is no longer the starting point guard in hoops or starting QB in football and loses his starting job to JAMAL who magically appears during the summer ... the cards will begin to crumble for Dr. Boarman who seems to be running Bullis like its some public school.

I'm sure he has some boosters and alums bankrolling / paying for some students to attend Bullis but he better be careful who he is doing deals with because it could come back to hurt him.

Sad to see this kind of racism. One of the strengths of the Bullis community is its diversity and genuine inclusiveness. Not sure what your beef is against Bullis, but it's pathetic that you're willing to use racism as a weapon.

I agree with this poster. This kind of statement is offensive. BTW, I don't have a child at Bullis, but the kids I have met from that school are bright, nice, and well rounded.

[Anonymous]

What racism? maybe its favoritism?

[Anonymous]

Not the beset choice of words by previous poster but there is a degree of truth to it. Something will have to give over at Bullis.

[Anonymous]

This exact philosophy failed at GP, where there admissions has lost many local kids to Gonzaga, and now their athletics is terrible outside of lacrosse where even there they have lost recruits.

[Anonymous]

Bullis has in fact expanded -- which they are trumpeting -- because they are filling a number of seats with recruited athletes getting major financial aid (including some families that did not come close to qualifying for aid at prior schools). They are giving athletic scholarships, in effect (although probably the majority of the recipients would qualify for need-based aid). The expansion is to bring in more full tuition payers to offset the athletes they've brought in.*

It might work for Bullis -- they are getting a lot of publicity -- but there is concern it is not a viable strategy for the long haul. This is not a school with a big endowment so tuition revenue is key.

*(Bullis gets a lot of football coverage in the MoCo Gazette, and for every other player it reads 'a transfer from' [insert public, private,or Catholic school])

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bullis has in fact expanded -- which they are trumpeting -- because they are filling a number of seats with recruited athletes getting major financial aid (including some families that did not come close to qualifying for aid at prior schools). They are giving athletic scholarships, in effect (although probably the majority of the recipients would qualify for need-based aid). The expansion is to bring in more full tuition payers to offset the athletes they've brought in.*

It might work for Bullis -- they are getting a lot of publicity -- but there is concern it is not a viable strategy for the long haul. This is not a school with a big endowment so tuition revenue is key.

*(Bullis gets a lot of football coverage in the MoCo Gazette, and for every other player it reads 'a transfer from' [insert public, private,or Catholic school])

http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179887/1023/1023/bullis-defensive-end-finds-the-right-beats&template=gazette

Case in point: article above about a young man transferring to Bullis from public school as a SENIOR. Oh, and he's a Division I football prospect. Whaddya know!! (By way of comparison, the other IAC schools--and most independent schools concerned with building a cohesive community--do not take senior transfers.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis has in fact expanded -- which they are trumpeting -- because they are filling a number of seats with recruited athletes getting major financial aid (including some families that did not come close to qualifying for aid at prior schools). They are giving athletic scholarships, in effect (although probably the majority of the recipients would qualify for need-based aid). The expansion is to bring in more full tuition payers to offset the athletes they've brought in.*

It might work for Bullis -- they are getting a lot of publicity -- but there is concern it is not a viable strategy for the long haul. This is not a school with a big endowment so tuition revenue is key.

*(Bullis gets a lot of football coverage in the MoCo Gazette, and for every other player it reads 'a transfer from' [insert public, private,or Catholic school])

http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179887/1023/1023/bullis-defensive-end-finds-the-right-beats&template=gazette

Case in point: article above about a young man transferring to Bullis from public school as a SENIOR. Oh, and he's a Division I football prospect. Whaddya know!! (By way of comparison, the other IAC schools--and most independent schools concerned with building a cohesive community--do not take senior transfers.)

Case in Point: The kid is from the UK and lives in a $1/2 million home.

[Anonymous]

Two interesting articles in the Gazette yesterday...

A transfer to Bullis who happens to be a star football player who played at Blake last year ends up at Bullis for his senior season... http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179887/1023/1023/bullis-defensive-end-finds-the-right-beats&template=gazette

Another article on Landon's star running back who started at the school in 9th grade and looks like has some political aspirations.... http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179889/1023/1023/landon-8217-s-allen-running-for-attention&template=gazette

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two interesting articles in the Gazette yesterday...

A transfer to Bullis who happens to be a star football player who played at Blake last year ends up at Bullis for his senior season... http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179887/1023/1023/bullis-defensive-end-finds-the-right-beats&template=gazette

Another article on Landon's star running back who started at the school in 9th grade and looks like has some political aspirations.... http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179889/1023/1023/landon-8217-s-allen-running-for-attention&template=gazette

Wow two very talented kids (on and off the field) going to great schools. What a great opportunity for these boys to thrive in these environment. Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed both articles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two interesting articles in the Gazette yesterday...

A transfer to Bullis who happens to be a star football player who played at Blake last year ends up at Bullis for his senior season... http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179887/1023/1023/bullis-defensive-end-finds-the-right-beats&template=gazette

Another article on Landon's star running back who started at the school in 9th grade and looks like has some political aspirations.... http://www.gazette.net/article/20121017/SPORTS/710179889/1023/1023/landon-8217-s-allen-running-for-attention&template=gazette

Wow two very talented kids (on and off the field) going to great schools. What a great opportunity for these boys to thrive in these environment. Thanks for sharing I really enjoyed both articles.

The Landon kid has been at the school since at least 9th grade -- pretty big difference from a senior transfer.

Longtime observers may remember that Bullis tried this before, and eventually the system broke down because the longtime families realized there was not a meaningful opportunity for participation by the average Bullis student and they stopped coming out for football. Time will tell -- maybe they'll just have a tiered system with outside recruits/transfers for football, basketball, lacrosse, and everyone else can play the other sports, and the community will be okay with it. Financially, it appears they are paying for the full scholarship athletes by increasing enrollment to bring in full payers to balance it off.

[Anonymous]

We toured Bullis this week and were really impressed with the academic center, arts building, use of technology in classes, diversity of student body, and seemingly happy friendly students. Football didn't come up, but not sure it should. Of the nearly 700 kids at the school, only 30 or so play varsity football--not really that important to our family or our neighbors, who have two kids there.