Current Parents Reaching Out

[Anonymous]

We applied for kindergarten at several local schools. Over the past few weeks, we've had a number of current parents at the different schools reach out to us, via email and phone calls, asking if we have any questions.

Do the schools have current parents reach out to all applicant families or might this be an encouraging sign?

[Anonymous]

What schools? We've never had anyone do this from GDS, Sidwell or Beauvoir (despite getting acceptances for at least one child from each) don't know about Maret, DC's wait listed there.

[Anonymous]

Some do, some don't. I wouldn't read too much into it.

[Anonymous]

I have never heard of this, or had it happen to me, so that might be a good sign.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you applying to small schools?

[Anonymous]

OP, here. Thanks, all. One is what I would call small. The others aren't particularly small and are mentioned on these boards with regularity.

[Anonymous]

My kids' private does this, but usually after acceptance letters are sent. It is a courtesy for the prospective families who may have questions for current parents. I've not heard of it being done before letters were sent out so I 'm not sure what to make of it. However, if you're getting calls from several schools I wouldn't necessarily assume that it is good news - maybe just a current trend being done by the admissions offices.

[Anonymous]

Great. Now I am worried because I have not gotten any calls.

[Anonymous]

we have applied to a number of schools in the past years for DC. Some schools do this to make applicants less anxious and answer questions from a parents perspective. The schools that did this were mostly the smaller schools.

Do not read anything negative or positive. It is just part of the schools internal application process.

[Anonymous]

Op, is your child black, Asian or manifestly Hispanic? Because at our DDs school, children who appear non-white AND meet the other criteria are highly prized. Wooed, even.

It's a somewhat recent campaign tactic, meant to compete with Sidwell especially for talented kids.

[Anonymous]

A PP has a child waitlisted at Maret the first week of February?

[Anonymous]

To piggy back on 17:08, two AA moms at a recent activity were sitting next to me discussing the fact that well prepared children of color from their preschool were being "recruited if they do well on the test" and were "highly sought after" and offered "scholarships" at "fancy private schools because they don't have much diversity."

[Anonymous]

Had parents reach out to us from two schools, but it was after acceptances before we made our decision. (We are a white, non-connected, somewhat "normal" family)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, is your child black, Asian or manifestly Hispanic? Because at our DDs school, children who appear non-white AND meet the other criteria are highly prized. Wooed, even.

It's a somewhat recent campaign tactic, meant to compete with Sidwell especially for talented kids.

Ahem. A POEM:

I'm in a panic
Am I MANIFESTLY Hispanic?
Latino enough
To be the right stuff?

The end.

[Anonymous]

What schools call?