Email about pool letters

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Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is, no matter what the school does, they will be criticized by someone in this county. It really gets exhausting.

True, maybe run 2 meetings to accommodate different schedules.

This is ridiculous. You seriously think the school should have two meetings to accommodate different schedules? We don't do that with anything else. If you can't go - tell the school. If you can, go. Isn't this life?

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01/25/2014 14:27

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Anonymous wrote:This is messed up...in past years, our school's informational meeting was before the referrals were due, so parents could get some tips on how to prepare the referral. No word from the school so far about a meeting.

Huh? The quoted email from Louise Archer above says that the meeting is this Tues. The referrals were originally due 2/3 (which is after that meeting date) and now are due 2/7 (which is also after that meeting date). Grab a calendar, friend.

Um, yeah. But I'm not at Louise Archer. And our school hasn't said *anything* about *any* meeting. If the school is going to be helpful to parents in terms of preparing a referral, they need to get a date on the calendar quickly so that people can a) make time in their schedules for the meeting, and b) have some time to get letters together, etc.

I'm not even complaining for myself; I've been to those meetings in the past, and my kid is in-pool. so it doesn't matter to me this year. However, I was in a different position a few years ago, and I know that having the meeting well in advance of the referral deadline gave me time to get specific info from the AART and arrange for all the letters of recommendation. Despite the posted info from the county, I was clueless about what would really help in the packet; the AART steered me away from some material I would have included, which was very helpful.

Sorry, you're still confusing. How in the world does having a meeting before the due-date help you have time to get letters together, etc.? Those on this board already know about letter due-dates. Oh - and all schools I know of have an informational meeting in the fall. So this is a second, supplemental meeting. This isn't' the first and only meeting days before a deadline.

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01/25/2014 14:54

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2 meetings doesn't sound like too much extra effort to me. Also, couldn't they record and post on web page? Curious why LA picked 11am?

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01/25/2014 15:43

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Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now

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01/25/2014 15:51

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Anonymous wrote:2 meetings doesn't sound like too much extra effort to me. Also, couldn't they record and post on web page? Curious why LA picked 11am?

I don't see this as being a big deal. Does 10 feel better? Perhaps the room they'd used was booked at a different time? Move in to other worries...

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01/25/2014 15:51

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Anonymous wrote:Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now

Race to what?

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01/25/2014 16:07

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Anonymous wrote:Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now

Race to what?

+1 lol Never knew we were in a RACE!

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01/25/2014 16:10

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now

Race to what?

+1 lol Never knew we were in a RACE!

Surprise, you are!

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01/25/2014 16:11

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Should I re-phrase ... Ok. ... Fun starts now

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01/25/2014 16:15

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