Article on Maret in Washington Post

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Anonymous wrote:The point is that posting are positioning Maret as a football/basketball factory and it is not. One or two kids a decade is not a Div. I factory. If you want a definition look it up Dematha. If you want a comparable example in the indy schools look at Landon lacrosse.

The difference is, Maret is TINY. Just 70-80 kids per grade.

That does not diminish the PP' s point at all. You are talking about 1 or 2 Division 1 propsepcts in 10 years! Bullis (where my DD attended) has more than that on this year's team alone.

Besides that, look at the schools recruiting the kids in the article. They are low D1 and D2 schools. Nobody is going to Kentucky or Syracuse from Maret to play basketball. In fact, Maret has as many girls currently playing D1 basketball as it does boys who are playing D1 basketball. These kids are from PG county and those MS basketball programs usually feed into WCAC schools. These kids chose Maret and academics over basketball. Give them some credit for that. It is no different from some other prominent independent schools who recruit kids who are in the arts - violin or dance. Folks here are just placing their own negative value judgments on athletics.

If you could name just two kids who travel from PG county to Maret (or Bullis or ...) who 1. are standout cello players and 2. were recruited by Maret and who 3. were put on a slower academic track in recognition of and gratitude for their cello contributions to the school .....


Your point would be a valid one. Same goes for a ballet standout from PG county or a promising and published fiction writer. They don't exist, pal.

[Anonymous]

Lets be honest, 95% of the kids in this area who plays high school hoops hang it up after college.
I applaud the basketball players in this area who decide to enroll into smaller independent schools (Landon, Bullis, Sidwell, Maret etc. etc.) vs enrolling into the WCAC. Othern than maybe Gonzaga the academics in the WCAC is just not even on the same level to any of the smaller indepedent schools.

These kids better be investing in their education and hopefully the high schools coaches at the schools listed above are pushing their players where they can use their talents to get into the best education opportunity available.

Yes this area has produced a few NBA super stars (Durant) but compared to the amount of kids playing AAU ball, its very very rare for a kid to make it into the NBA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The point is that posting are positioning Maret as a football/basketball factory and it is not. One or two kids a decade is not a Div. I factory. If you want a definition look it up Dematha. If you want a comparable example in the indy schools look at Landon lacrosse.

The difference is, Maret is TINY. Just 70-80 kids per grade.

That does not diminish the PP' s point at all. You are talking about 1 or 2 Division 1 propsepcts in 10 years! Bullis (where my DD attended) has more than that on this year's team alone.

Besides that, look at the schools recruiting the kids in the article. They are low D1 and D2 schools. Nobody is going to Kentucky or Syracuse from Maret to play basketball. In fact, Maret has as many girls currently playing D1 basketball as it does boys who are playing D1 basketball. These kids are from PG county and those MS basketball programs usually feed into WCAC schools. These kids chose Maret and academics over basketball. Give them some credit for that. It is no different from some other prominent independent schools who recruit kids who are in the arts - violin or dance. Folks here are just placing their own negative value judgments on athletics.

If you could name just two kids who travel from PG county to Maret (or Bullis or ...) who 1. are standout cello players and 2. were recruited by Maret and who 3. were put on a slower academic track in recognition of and gratitude for their cello contributions to the school .....


Your point would be a valid one. Same goes for a ballet standout from PG county or a promising and published fiction writer. They don't exist, pal.

I do not not need to name them - because it is none of our business! It does not impact the education that my kid is getting. But I do know two kids from PG County (who are musicians) who attend a prominent independent school, get FA and were identifed by the band director at that school while in MS. If you go to a band performance at that school, these kids are front and center. So just because YOU don't know of any kids does not mean they are not out there. The problem I have is that the athletes are easy targets. The Independent schools can admit whoever the hell they want for whatever reason. If folks do not like it, look elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lets be honest, 95% of the kids in this area who plays high school hoops hang it up after college.
I applaud the basketball players in this area who decide to enroll into smaller independent schools (Landon, Bullis, Sidwell, Maret etc. etc.) vs enrolling into the WCAC. Othern than maybe Gonzaga the academics in the WCAC is just not even on the same level to any of the smaller indepedent schools.

These kids better be investing in their education and hopefully the high schools coaches at the schools listed above are pushing their players where they can use their talents to get into the best education opportunity available.

Yes this area has produced a few NBA super stars (Durant) but compared to the amount of kids playing AAU ball, its very very rare for a kid to make it into the NBA.

I agree. These kids in the article are using their talents to get the best HS education they can get and I applaud them for it. Clearly, Maret feels that it benefits from having these kids in the student body. From all accounts (my niece attends Maret), these guys are good kids and have not caused problems at the school.

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Why would they cause problems? Look, these kids sought out Maret which means these are kids that are interested in their futures. If they did not care about school and only wanted to college they would have picked a public school.

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If they did not care about school and only wanted to play basketball then they would have picked a public school over a school such as Maret.

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There is a real issue of equity with Maret re: admissions for athletics. They let the baseball coach and the basketball coach have golden tickets for admissions and do not admit talented girl athletes. The Maret athletic culture is now girls watching the boys teams. Sad, and communicating a poor message.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a real issue of equity with Maret re: admissions for athletics. They let the baseball coach and the basketball coach have golden tickets for admissions and do not admit talented girl athletes. The Maret athletic culture is now girls watching the boys teams. Sad, and communicating a poor message.

Completely wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a real issue of equity with Maret re: admissions for athletics. They let the baseball coach and the basketball coach have golden tickets for admissions and do not admit talented girl athletes. The Maret athletic culture is now girls watching the boys teams. Sad, and communicating a poor message.

Completely wrong.

Nope. They can't get the female athletic recruits in and they are taking every basketball/baseball applicant. It's all about the boys' sports there now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a real issue of equity with Maret re: admissions for athletics. They let the baseball coach and the basketball coach have golden tickets for admissions and do not admit talented girl athletes. The Maret athletic culture is now girls watching the boys teams. Sad, and communicating a poor message.

Completely wrong.

Nope. They can't get the female athletic recruits in and they are taking every basketball/baseball applicant. It's all about the boys' sports there now.

Again. Wrong. Total fiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a real issue of equity with Maret re: admissions for athletics. They let the baseball coach and the basketball coach have golden tickets for admissions and do not admit talented girl athletes. The Maret athletic culture is now girls watching the boys teams. Sad, and communicating a poor message.

Completely wrong.

Nope. They can't get the female athletic recruits in and they are taking every basketball/baseball applicant. It's all about the boys' sports there now.

Again. Wrong. Total fiction.

Where's the link to all the articles about the Maret female athletes playing Division I sports? You can go with your knee-jerk defense of Maret, but they've sold out on their academic reputation to pursue sports success in BOYS' basketball and BOYS' baseball, and they do not care what happens with the girls' sports teams.

[Anonymous]

I am a parent at Sidwell Friends and for the record, I would be thrilled if the school dropped its football program. It sucks a disproportionate amount of resources from other sports and activities and produces a lot of pressure from certain parents to recruit kids who will provide a winning football season (for their player kids).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a real issue of equity with Maret re: admissions for athletics. They let the baseball coach and the basketball coach have golden tickets for admissions and do not admit talented girl athletes. The Maret athletic culture is now girls watching the boys teams. Sad, and communicating a poor message.

Completely wrong.

Nope. They can't get the female athletic recruits in and they are taking every basketball/baseball applicant. It's all about the boys' sports there now.

Again. Wrong. Total fiction.

Where's the link to all the articles about the Maret female athletes playing Division I sports? You can go with your knee-jerk defense of Maret, but they've sold out on their academic reputation to pursue sports success in BOYS' basketball and BOYS' baseball, and they do not care what happens with the girls' sports teams.

Where is the link to all the boys D1 athletes? Oh wait, there's one. Your baseless claim of Maret accepting every applicant that plays baseball and basketball nullifies anything else you have to say. You obviously have never been to a Maret girls' volleyball game, or seen the most recent girls' tennis successful season. Or the recent wins of the girls' basketball team? Or how about the successful team efforts of the soccer girls' soccer team? Maret fields amazing teams every year. They might not always win, but they are incredibly supportive of each other. Are you a parent of a Maret female athlete?

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Golden ticket........ If that were the case don't you think the basketball and baseball teams would have all D1 players? Why baseball and basketball and not soccer, football and lacrosse? If your going to give 2 coaches golden tickets why not give all them all golden tickets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a real issue of equity with Maret re: admissions for athletics. They let the baseball coach and the basketball coach have golden tickets for admissions and do not admit talented girl athletes. The Maret athletic culture is now girls watching the boys teams. Sad, and communicating a poor message.

Completely wrong.

Nope. They can't get the female athletic recruits in and they are taking every basketball/baseball applicant. It's all about the boys' sports there now.

Again. Wrong. Total fiction.

Where's the link to all the articles about the Maret female athletes playing Division I sports? You can go with your knee-jerk defense of Maret, but they've sold out on their academic reputation to pursue sports success in BOYS' basketball and BOYS' baseball, and they do not care what happens with the girls' sports teams.

A Maret softball player was Gatorade player of the year 2-3 years ago.

Not everyone chooses D1 schools because they want to focus on academics or the scholarship money isn't a factor. Doesn't mean they aren't still being recruited for sports.