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Unfortunately Beauvoir isn’t strong at outplacement to other schools so if your child isn’t a fit for NCS and STA then you don’t get good outplacement support. This is true if you choose not to apply to NCS and STA as well (not just kids who are rejected by NCS and STA).

Maybe our expectations on outplacement is too high. They can’t really hold our hands through every admissions process, the parents and kids should lead that. We didn’t come from a preschool that helped with PK or K options, but we managed to navigate the applications season ourselves, we can do that again if we need to.

[Anonymous]

As a parent who attended the transition meeting for rising third grade parents for next year I was impressed with the non-Cathedral school outcomes (3-5 accepts at pk-12 schools like Holton, Sidwell, GDS, Landon, Potomac) is pretty competitive! There used to be a time when only 1 or 2 went, if any from BVR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent who attended the transition meeting for rising third grade parents for next year I was impressed with the non-Cathedral school outcomes (3-5 accepts at pk-12 schools like Holton, Sidwell, GDS, Landon, Potomac) is pretty competitive! There used to be a time when only 1 or 2 went, if any from BVR.

Yes! A lot more kids from BVR are now applying to other schools. Not all parents want single sex/religious schools for their kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent who attended the transition meeting for rising third grade parents for next year I was impressed with the non-Cathedral school outcomes (3-5 accepts at pk-12 schools like Holton, Sidwell, GDS, Landon, Potomac) is pretty competitive! There used to be a time when only 1 or 2 went, if any from BVR.

Yes! A lot more kids from BVR are now applying to other schools. Not all parents want single sex/religious schools for their kids.

Which brings us back to the original question. If you know early on that you don't want single sex/ religious schools for your kids, why would you send them to BVR in the first place, if the teaching quality is so spotty and the curriculum turns out to be so weak?

[Anonymous]

I'm not PP, but what was the best fit for a child at age 3/4 may no longer be so at age 8/9.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent who attended the transition meeting for rising third grade parents for next year I was impressed with the non-Cathedral school outcomes (3-5 accepts at pk-12 schools like Holton, Sidwell, GDS, Landon, Potomac) is pretty competitive! There used to be a time when only 1 or 2 went, if any from BVR.

Yes! A lot more kids from BVR are now applying to other schools. Not all parents want single sex/religious schools for their kids.

Which brings us back to the original question. If you know early on that you don't want single sex/ religious schools for your kids, why would you send them to BVR in the first place, if the teaching quality is so spotty and the curriculum turns out to be so weak?

Exactly- which is why I as a Beauvoir parent am posting in this thread. I didn’t realize the teaching quality was so poor and the curriculum weak and the administration out of touch and unwilling to work with parents. We weren’t sold on NCS/ STA. Only go to Beauvoir if you’re 100% sure that’s what you want and your kid will get in. There’s no other reason- Beauvoir isn’t a good school on its own.

[Anonymous]

Or don’t apply if your child may have behavioral needs or issues. Most of the families I have seen leave were counseled out because of that, which I applaud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or don’t apply if your child may have behavioral needs or issues. Most of the families I have seen leave were counseled out because of that, which I applaud.

No one here is discussing being counseled out- Op indicated their child is graduating. Separately, it’s very unclear when applying at 3 if your child is neurodivergent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or don’t apply if your child may have behavioral needs or issues. Most of the families I have seen leave were counseled out because of that, which I applaud.

No one here is discussing being counseled out- Op indicated their child is graduating. Separately, it’s very unclear when applying at 3 if your child is neurodivergent.

Behavioral needs/issues is not the same as neurodivergent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or don’t apply if your child may have behavioral needs or issues. Most of the families I have seen leave were counseled out because of that, which I applaud.

No one here is discussing being counseled out- Op indicated their child is graduating. Separately, it’s very unclear when applying at 3 if your child is neurodivergent.

Behavioral needs/issues is not the same as neurodivergent.

Behavioral needs/issues also are difficult to discern at age 3.

Normal has a very wide range at 3 and a narrower range over time as years pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent who attended the transition meeting for rising third grade parents for next year I was impressed with the non-Cathedral school outcomes (3-5 accepts at pk-12 schools like Holton, Sidwell, GDS, Landon, Potomac) is pretty competitive! There used to be a time when only 1 or 2 went, if any from BVR.

Those are kids that would have gotten into NCS or STA in any case. Don’t be misguided that this is where the other 25% end up. The Close schools are actually worried that they are losing out on these strong students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a parent who attended the transition meeting for rising third grade parents for next year I was impressed with the non-Cathedral school outcomes (3-5 accepts at pk-12 schools like Holton, Sidwell, GDS, Landon, Potomac) is pretty competitive! There used to be a time when only 1 or 2 went, if any from BVR.

Those are kids that would have gotten into NCS or STA in any case. Don’t be misguided that this is where the other 25% end up. The Close schools are actually worried that they are losing out
on these strong students.

After our Beauvoir experience we were not interested in NCS or STA. The strength of the schools in some areas did not outweigh the community moving from Beauvoir to NCS/STA or the negative values / priorities at Beauvoir that we saw continued at the next schools.

This thread started as support for OP who I hope is doing better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or don’t apply if your child may have behavioral needs or issues. Most of the families I have seen leave were counseled out because of that, which I applaud.

Gross.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or don’t apply if your child may have behavioral needs or issues. Most of the families I have seen leave were counseled out because of that, which I applaud.

Gross.

Very typical of the school’s attitude to kids who are struggling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just to let you know. This is not specific to BVR. I had similar experience in Maret. The demand for private schools is so high that many schools have that the attitude that they don’t have any problems, the problem is the parent that complains.

Same at Primary Day. The teachers and staff are wonderful and the program is great, but there is zero interest in hearing from parents about pretty much anything, whether it be a complaint or simply a new idea.

Huh? We completed a parent survey this past year?

Only because it was mandated by the AIMS accreditation process, not because the school is interested in hearing it.