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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ Thanks for this, and you're right, I'd feel more comfortable doing this after we know we got in. They give you 2 weeks to decide, yes?”

Correct. That’s why you want to find people now, and line them up to talk to later. [/quote]
Ask the school the tough questions too, once your in.

Parents or friends of friends currently at the school may still only say or exaggerate positive things, since they don’t want to admit they aren’t that happy with their investment. 
It’s also why you find out in June who is leaving the school, not during the year or in March. You get pestered and have nothing good to say so you provide generic reasons. [/quote]
Meh. My kids have been at one of these schools for many years now. I don’t think anyone is protecting any “investment.” People who are irritated with the school are pretty happy to talk about it to friends; people whose kids leave (not very many IME) don’t have trouble saying so. But usually their unhappiness with the school or the kid leaving is because of a personal family struggle and there are hard feelings involved (eg, kid struggling academically or socially, behavior issues, other conflicts) so it’s not the kind of stuff you’d readily share with a stranger. No one is unhappy or leaving because the LS student-teacher ratio is 1:11 instead of 1:10, or because of how many hours of unstructured recess kids are getting. Ask questions about the school. No one really has anything to gain by sugarcoating it. The simple fact is that most families like these schools. They’re good schools, parents are involved and interesting, school teachers are focused on the kids, and the kids are smart. What’s not to like?[/quote]

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