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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are schools like Burgundy Farms or Green Acres or Lowell not 'good options'?  Because they are tier two?[/quote]

I think you answered your question.[/quote]

No I didn't.  Who determined these tiers?  St. Albans?  I think St. Albans can provide a wonderful education for the right kid.  I also think Lowell can.  These schools that are fiercely competitive, by virtue of difficulty in getting in alone, have been able to be far less accountable to parents than schools that are slightly easier to get in.  The point is: what you are getting is a gatekeeper.  Maybe that's important...Johnny going to school with a bunch of boys who must be wonderful because it's so hard to get in.  But maybe, Johnny would be happier and learn more in a school with different children, with more individualized attention, with less emphasis on tests and homework.  How can you possibly think that because something is exclusive it is necessarily better?  Country clubs are exclusive.  Are the people 'better' there? [/quote]

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