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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a kid with a learning difference so we always wanted to ask the AO about academic supports and accommodations and see if they could connect us with someone in the learning center, and ask about whether kids with accommodations are stigmatized, etc. Not all schools had learning center staff at the open houses. Flint Hill even gatekeeps them - we had to email our questions to the admissions folks, who then passed them on to the learning center, and then summarized (but did not forward directly) the learning center’s response to us. Huge pain. We were not able to connect in person until the admitted family event. [/quote]

Different school but ours does the same. I think it’s because before they had that policy, there were some perhaps deliberate misunderstandings between what admissions said and what parents of kids with higher needs shared and heard. The learning center does a lot of analysis of the kids’ needs during the admissions process and is cautious to not promise anything until they are confident they can support an offer from admissions. Now at our school everything is put in writing (never a verbal conversation!) for this reason.

Source: I’m a parent volunteer for the admissions office and we receive strict instructions on how to talk to parents and what we can/cannot say in these situations.[/quote]

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