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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a third grade teacher, and I usually hear from our AART at some point about which students are parent/teacher referrals and which students qualify on their own. It's pretty rare though that there is a kid we all know has no business being in who was [b]pushed through by a savvy parent[/b]. [/quote]

Either the admission process is a farce (in which case, a "savvy parent" can push a child through) OR the admission process is legitimate and therefore only kids who qualify get through.  Which is it?

If there are 6+ people approving each child who is admitted in addition to standardized test scores, then tell me how, exactly, is a parent able to push their undeserving child through?  [/quote]

PP here--The admission process generally works just fine. However, when a kid with scores lower than 120 and mediocre GBRS gets in by parent referral (and one of the parents happens to have an inside scoop on the correct buzz words to use, etc.), an "undeserving" child can slip through. In the particular case I have in mind, the child returned to the base school mid-year, but the parents claimed it had nothing to do with academic rigor. [/quote]

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