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[quote=Anonymous]The PP expressed concern that Potomac wouldn't grant "concessions" for "excellent athletes." Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought he/she meant that the school wouldn't lower its admission standards or wouldn't cut students any academic slack to recruit/retain such students. That WOULD be lowering academic standards, wouldn't it? If a student truly meets admission standards but asks to be excused from some academic requirements because of outside sports commitments (such as tournament travel). that wouldn't bother me, because it doesn't affect other kids. What bothers me is when a private school that purports to be academically selective recruits C students because they are great football or basketball players and will enhance the sports program. When there are a sufficient number of those kids in the classroom, teachers have to teach to a lower common denominator.[/quote]
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