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[quote=Anonymous]Sports. At our K-8 THE common denominator was sports.  Some of the children accepted were significantly less stellar academically.  It’s hard to say that but it’s an honest opinion.  Potomac waitlisted A students will 90% plus percentile SSAT for white girls who play softball from our school who didn’t test well. Maybe daddy also donated big time.  It totally trashed the schools reputation for a large number of families at our K8.  Everyone was comfortable with the idea that the school gets many applicants and will have to turn away amazing kids based purely on numbers. Where they lost us is by accepting an UMC white girl who plays mediocre ball. Mediocre grads. Low test scores.  Unknown family connections,  chosen over very high scores and grads with lesser sports.  The phrase don’t crap where you eat comes to mind because we all livid in the area because now it’s just viewed as a sports school.  With no APs.  Buyer beware.  It’s a sports school. Muscles a requirement, intelligence not essential. [/quote]

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