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[quote=Anonymous]I'll be honest.  A few years ago, my kid was in PK and about half of his class was applying out.  We put together a list that we thought was realistic and had a wide range of schools.

In the end, my kid was the only one who applied to private and didn't end up with a spot we felt that we could accept.  He did get into one school, but we needed significant financial aid and weren't offered any.  Another school gave us the feedback that they weren't taking applicants that needed financial aid, but that we could move off the waitlist if we could find $30K (about 2/3 of our pretax income). Our first choice told us he was their first choice for Kindergarten but that they were full at that grade level.

I will admit that sometimes, when another parent came to us and talked about making a difficult choice between 2 schools that had been on our list, or about how their child was going to our first choice (he was in a mixed age class, and several younger kids go in in PK), or how their child was going to the school where I was an alumni, it hurt.  And even though it was 100% not their fault, there might have been times when I became very quiet or turned away from conversations that I wasn't in a place to hear.

I don't think this is your fault OP, but you might need to realize that your friends need a little space right now.[/quote]

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