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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ours has been a disaster. A bunch of new kids coming into 9th, and I'm still not sure that the class has gelled. The schedule for my kid has been gruelling, and, as a 14-year-old boy, he simply lacks the maturity or executive functioning to take on the level of responsibility asked of him. There is a lot in the middle here that I won't go into for purposes of my kid's privacy, but the end of the story is that he's repeating 9th grade. Yes, my kid needs to take responsibility, but I don't think we would be where we are if my kid had been at a different school. Not sure what we are doing next year. I'm just trying to figure out the last two weeks of school. We might move to a small college town with good public schools and change our overall pace of life. Last kid, we have flexibility, and his well-being and my sanity are more important than being at the big name school he currently attends. At least for 9 more days, but I'm not county...[/quote]

Sorry, you are going through this. I am jealous that you can move. Our school has been okay. Big disappointment in not being able to make sports teams and school not having any real non-academic clubs (though the list they post is impressive). Work has been a struggle, we are happy to scrape by with C's in some classes. [/quote]

Sounds like we may be at the same school. Ok year for us too. Definitely not great and maybe not even good. Grades not as good as they should be either which is frustrating. [/quote]

Is this an all boys school? We may be there as well. There is definitely no grade inflation here. [/quote]

Same. Disastrous, disappointing and concerning year for us as well at an all-boy’s school. We have been here since lower school, so thought we’d be okay. No grade inflation. It’s been Cs and Ds, with one or two As and Bs for an inattentive-ADD/EF kid who earned mostly As and Bs before. DS is not sporty but is tall and strong, so we had hoped he might be brought along by a coach who might have seen some potential. School had been somewhat supportive, but clearly is losing patience. We are afraid he’s been pigeon-holed. Now, we are just trying to get through finals and will reassess after grades come in. [/quote]

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