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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it feels a lot lot like you are lying about what happened, or at the very least lying by omission. I’m not buying that a junior in good standing at a private school was told to withdraw or be expelled because she went to a homecoming game or spirit day event when she was supposed to be studying and lied to some teachers.  I’m assuming that she skipped or advisory this was a boarding school or ….  Even so, that doesn’t get you expelled.  It feels like she was on her third strike, or attending homecoming and having sex or doing coke under the bleachers or the “school event” was senior skip day and she got a DUI with other kids in the car, or….

Maybe she was a 4.0 angel who made one misjudgment. And the punishment is way out of proportion.  But it feels like you are leaving things out. And if it feels that way to me (who tends to err on the side of suspending the troublemakers so everyone else can learn and am frequently shocked at what doesn’t get serious discipline in DC area public and private schools), it will feel that way to AOs. They is a key detail missing, and whatever you aren’t saying it doesn’t make your kid look good.

A one day suspension gets explained with “I screwed up, skipped advisory to go to the school carnival and led to my advisory teacher.  I worked hard to earn back my teachers trust and I learned my lesson.”  A withdrawal to avoid suspension just doesn’t.

So, start by telling us the whole story. The way the principal would see it, not her mother’s best spin. Then let people respond.

I suspect that in the end, it’s better to just let the withdrawn stand unexplained and hope her new school gives her a glowing rec.  and she has a teacher at her old school who will give at least a neutral rec.  then, apply to large schools that deal in numbers and not holistic admissions.

Also realize— they will get transcripts from the old school and ask if there was discipline. So is withdrawal discipline?  Don’t ask us. You need to ask the school if they will report it as such. The last thing your kid needs is to say no discipline when her old school says their was.

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