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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re kids supposedly flunking out in MS:  No, I'm not just talking about my kids; I'm  also talking about their peers.  And, BTW, I'm not just talking about kids who come into a private school (in our case, Sidwell) at MS or HS-level, but also those who enter in earlier years.  I  cannot recall anyone flunking out in HS.  Most lifers and others who enter in LS and who are not a good match for the school academically are weeded out before HS.  The kids who enter at MS and HS are not accepted if they're not well-suited to the school's academic demands.  Therefore, kids rarely leave for academic reasons in HS.  That doesn't mean, of course, that everyone is getting sailing through, but it's not a revolving door, 
either.        [/quote]

I said nothing about there was a revolving door of kids flunking out of 9th/10th grade.  I said a few family friends flunked out after entering from public school.  These were kids accepted based upon their straight A public schools gpas, I have no idea how they performed on their SSATs.  From what I know, they had been either placed on academic probation after their first semester and/or had their class loads reduced.  They departed at the end of the year.

Also, at my DC's school at the beginning December or at the end of November (8th grade), students placed on academic probation who haven't made improvement families will receive letters telling them that they will not be invited back the next year.  [/quote]

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