Preschool feeders for DC private schools?

Anonymous wrote:It's possible the DC style feeders mentioned above, plus some others, serve to accept the children of majority of the parents in this area who have the means, and currently are planning on, their snowflakes attending a NW DC private. This is in large part what drives the exmissions "success" of these schools. It's self proving, winners in, winners out. Oh well.

Snowflake poster stricks.again. What's your grudge?

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03/22/2013 09:12

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St John in Georgetown does quite well in getting its grads into good privates.

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03/22/2013 09:31

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OP the concept of Feeder - ensuring you DC gets into a given school or that spots are reserved - simply does not exist. Thats not to say next step school are not familiar with the preschools it just mean there is no gaurantee that if your DC attends X school then they are assured a spot at Y school. At the end of the day it does not matter. It may however help prevent a situation where you apply to 5 schools and are wait listed everywhere but it does not gaurantee you will get into your first choice.

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03/22/2013 09:57

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If you are going to send DC to a top preschool be sure to be an active and dependable parent. Pick DC up on time her her to school on time, volunteer at the auction or whatever fundraiser is held. I say this because one drawback to going to schools that might have a relationship with the top schools is that if you are an undependenable or uninterested parent that information can get to the folks who decide on admissions.

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03/22/2013 10:14

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Anonymous wrote:If you are going to send DC to a top preschool be sure to be an active and dependable parent. Pick DC up on time her her to school on time, volunteer at the auction or whatever fundraiser is held. I say this because one drawback to going to schools that might have a relationship with the top schools is that if you are an undependenable or uninterested parent that information can get to the folks who decide on admissions.

+1. Yes, at the K admissions level, admissions will depend as much on what your family can contribute to the new school as on DC's test scores.