Waitlist at Burke, child wants to write to committee, HELP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sorry but I am finding it hard to believe that OP did not know anything about the shooting. It seems very opportunistic and selfish to me.

Can’t blame OP for not knowing the extent of what happened. News coverage was pretty bad, highly edited and still unclear. My partner was dodging bullets while protecting students and even I didn’t know what was going until I started following the Washington ATF on Twitter. I had to rely on photos and videos that people near the school posted to Twitter to know exactly what kind of danger my partner was in. That’s when I accidentally clicked on the video posted by the shooter. If you don’t know the layout of the school you may not have originally understood this to be a school shooting or that people inside the school were being shot at exactly at dismissal time. So many news reports still say it was a shooting “near a school”. I also had to rely on spotty news coverage to find out about the family reunification area.

Teachers (and all caregiving professions) have already been exploited during the pandemic to go above and beyond “for the children” and now this trauma. OP, please give the community time to grieve and rebuild.

OP, your kid will have a school to go to next year no matter what! Do you really think handwritten notes or any other kind of communication will suddenly make the school bigger? Or you think they will suddenly acquire funds to hire more staff just for your kid?

OP here. As I said, this is new territory for us. I was simply asking for suggestions and thoughts on how to address this matter, giving that my kid came to me and asked about wanting to write to Burke. I am starting to think this private school world might not be for us after all, or may be its just some people from they forum.. super snarky.

[Anonymous]

It’s this forum. Anonymous posting is a big problem. I think with Covid isolation the last two years, other parents can’t corral the crazy parents either.

[Anonymous]

OP, I don’t know if this helps with navigating the current delicate situation, but Burke just sent a communication to incoming families regarding the shooting incident and made clear that we should reach out to admissions if needed, but it may take them a little longer to respond. Burke is closed today and planning some type of uplifting, supportive reopening event for students and staff tomorrow.

Again, I believe it’s reasonable to follow up next week and give it some time of their end. I know they are doing a second round of applications so it makes sense for your child to reiterate their interest. We ultimately chose Burke because it feels like a very different environment than other private schools and we got such a positive feedback from current parents and families we spoke with. I hope it works out for your son.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also note that Burke has a lot going on right now so they may not respond right away.

I would probably wait at least a week before sending any such communication. It could come across as insensitive right now given all they are going through only three days after the attack on the school.

A week?!? Are you kidding me? You are emailing someone that was literally dodging bullets and focussing on keeping other kids safe and you think they just need a week to get back to business?!?!!!

Money never sleeps!

[Anonymous]

Hi, Burke will welcome your child's expression of interest, and things are progressing at the school. It's a wonderful community and we are reminded of that this week.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP. Just thinking or you and your DC and hope you had good news