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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it the schools that bombed?  Why isn’t it the kids?[/quote]

Neither bombed, except that K-8's are not being entirely forthright about emissions and parents (maybe kids) have unrealistic expectations.

Do people really think that the most competitive private schools are going to fill their ranks with kids coming out of K-8s?  Unless it's a HS-only, these schools already have plenty of private school kids joining the 9th grade - their 8th graders.  I know that this is a private school board, but there is an almost unlimited number of incredibly strong applicants coming out of the public school systems, and to expect any of the most competitive high schools to take, say, 8 kids from this or that K-8 is just not realistic.  Once you get past legacies, siblings, development candidates, athletes, etc., even if they did want to take 8 kids, the number of spots left is tiny.

There are always going to be exceptions, but for unhooked kids, the numbers are really stacked up against them. [/quote]

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