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

Could be.

In years past, the families that were not happy and didn't get with placement at highly selective HS were cases where they thought their kid was one of the top - but it wasn't really true. Some were just delusional.  Others might be strong enough to "have a shot" but were not in the category that the k-8 school would have been shocked that the kid was shut out of selective schools.

At that time, there would be a rare case, where a kid really was in the top group and was shut out. In those cases the school really is surprised and works hard to try to help.

There were also cases where a family was "difficult" or a smart kid was "challenging". I wasn't surprised to see these kids get shut out because they were generally not great members of the community. We knew it as parents and we weren't even in their grade.

But - I can't speak to the current year and can't speak to those complaining about their school bombing. I do think it is too early to make a final judgement - even if it does suck to not get in initially - it could be that some of these kids get off wait lists.  [/quote]

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