New debate: Will the Obama girls have to undergo same admissions process as our kids?

[Anonymous]

Or will they sail in without formal test scores and class visits and all the associated stressors?

[Anonymous]

Surely you jest!

[Anonymous]

Oh please, are you kidding? There will be no test scores and no "playdates." You don't even need to ask that question.

[Anonymous]

Depends, I guess. What's the norm for mid-year transfers from one elite private school to another? My sense is that there's a network of private schools nationwide that try to help each other out when parental job changes uproot families during the school year.

[Anonymous]

I really don't care. They are the president's children. They are already at a top school. They have smart, accomplished parents who are heavily invested in their education and are therefore likely to be smart and accomplished themselves. Did I mention they are the president's children? Does anyone really care?

[Anonymous]

No. They will not go through the same process as other children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or will they sail in without formal test scores and class visits and all the associated stressors?

You know how teachers used to say "There's no such thing as a dumb question"? They were apparently wrong.

[Anonymous]

The naivete - and accompanying sense of indignation - expressed on this board continually amuse me.

[Anonymous]

These are not normal kids. They are from another planet

[Anonymous]

So is this fair?

[Anonymous]

Not even a visit so MICHELLE can see how her FIRST KIDS like the school? I'd insist.

[Anonymous]

No, why should they? Yes, it is fair. Some kids have regular parents, and some kids have the President-elect as a dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is this fair?

This is what I mean about the naivete. What does "fair" have to do with private school admissions anywhere? Very little.

[Anonymous]

OP, don't you get it? It's the SCHOOLS that are being given the tests to see if they are "good enough" for the girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or will they sail in without formal test scores and class visits and all the associated stressors?

They are the president elect children. They will go where their parents want to send them - no test no visit, no stressors. On or about January 20, a new desk will show up in a classroom and the kids will follow. Like everyone else, I am shocked that you even asked the question.