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Weird but true:

There are tons of rich people in this area with really smart kids who can afford to pay $40k for several kids at the school.

Yes there are a lot of wealth people in the area. It's pre primary - 12th ...so the kids do not need to be really smart. The really smart kids are add in the 9 th grade.

That's a little bit too cute. A look at recent graduating classes shows that lifers are extremely well represented among at the top of the class. There is a weeding out process over time and those that got in in k but are not a good fit tend to leave sometime before 9th.  [/quote]

Some lifers are at the top of the class, but there are others who don't get nudged out before 9th grade because they're nice kids with nice parents who give a lot of money to the school and/or have high-profile jobs.  [/quote]

Honest question -- how do people know who is top of the class at SFS?  I thought that the Upper School doesn't rank students -- ?[/quote]

The kids know -- they talk about grades and they know who's in the accelerated math and science classes.  And the kids tell their parents.  I once had a parent congratulate me on my kid's grade on a chem test that I hadn't even known about.    [/quote]

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