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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many private schools counsel kids out, sometimes many per year.  There are many reasons -- a child who is consuming financial aid that the school simply doesn't "want" any more; a child whose parents are unpopular with the administration and/or have complained; a child who is not academically progressing; a child who is believed to be academically advanced beyond the capacity of the school to provide full educational programming and support; a child who is not believed to be a social "fit" by the school.  This is one of the many risks of private schools -- the entire venture contains an actual element of "popularity contest".  That doesn't mean that all privates are bad, or even that counseling-out isn't sometimes the right thing to do (sometimes it is).

You've noted from prior posts that there are indeed kids who are counseled out who go on to do well at other schools, private and public.  That's because counseling-out is inherently highly subjective.  It does NOT mean that a child is dumb, or dangerous, or non-social.

Now, if the school takes your tuition payment, in full, and THEN forces you out after the refund deadline and refuses to pay a refund, THAT would be different !

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I find it hard to believe that schools counsel out kids regularly.  It would make the school look bad and the admissions department look bad too.  These kids are screened so hard before entering it is unlikely they woould be wrong about so many kids.  If there is a school that regularly does this then that school is f-------d up! It is damaging to kids down the line to move schools abrubtly for no apparent reason like a move for a new job.  For many kids, especially those whose option after leaving a private school would be entering a school that mauch larger,or a  failing school in a rough area this would be too much for them.  You can't put kids in a bubble then just take them out.  That just seems wrong.[/quote]

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