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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]very sad story of a delayed counseling out...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/nyregion/saint-anns-suicide.html[/quote]

Can anyone summarize? Don’t have a subscription.[/quote]

In Winter 2021, administrators at Saint Ann's in Brooklyn informed eighth grader Ellis Lariviere's parents that he wouldn't be offered a re-enrollment contract for the following year. He'd been at the school since Kindergarten; during his time there, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, and his struggles prompted a discussion over whether the school was the right fit. His parents fought for him to stay (their older child was a student there and thriving) and the administration allowed it until it was time to go to high school. A few months after the school informed the family of its decision, Ellis ended his life. The parents are now suing the school.[/quote]

This is so, so sad. Lots of kids change schools. But it takes conversations and preparation (and taking standardized texts, getting recommendation letters, writing essays, etc) and in 8th grade, it’s a HEAVY lift on the kid. I googled his name and read that the school told him in early February he couldn’t return for 9th grade. That is insane.

It’s stories like this that make parents/kids terrified of the “counseling out” culture of some of these schools.[/quote]

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