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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least 2 possible changes with a new AD:

1) Treat Beauvoir as less of an automatic feed;

2) More lacrosse recruits.  Hart was the soccer coach.  Perhaps not coincidentally, the program was a winner.  The incoming AD played lacrosse at Yale, and is one of the current STA varsity coaches.  The program is on the upswing with great coaching and a growing pool of developing talent, but could use some unabashed recruiting to be able to truly compete at the IAC level, generally considered to be the most competitive high school lacrosse conference in the nation.[/quote]

This is INCORRECT. 
1) Beauvoir will ALWAYS be the automatic feeder to St. Alban's & NCS. A new head of admissions CANNOT change this. There are by-laws in place with The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation (PECF - which is compromised of the Washington National Cathedral, Beauvoir, St. Alban's & NCS) that both NCS & St. Alban's MUST accept at least certain percentage of the Beauvoir 3rd grade class. While the exact percentage is unknown to all but the admissions teams at the three schools, there have been whispers about it being 89-92%. This will not change.[/quote]

The PP point on Lacrosse recruiting is also ludicrous. Saint Albans is an educational institution first and last The do not need to admit unqualified applicants based on their ability to throw a ball around.

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Hmmm, yet, apparently it is fine to accept, perhaps 89-92% of the Beauvoir class?!?  It is well known that parents of the weaker students *must* get them into Beauvoir at a young age in order to have a shot at STA.  Basically, the Beauvoir tuition is viewed as an insurance policy toward STA placement for those that would, likely not gain admission based on merit.  That's just how it has always been.

It seems to me that admitting students who, in fact, excel at something/anything (soccer, lacrosse, chess, math, etc.) will always be better for the school in the long run than continuing[b] this increasingly embarrassing auto-admit of these underwhelming Beauvoir students.[/quote][/b]

I think you are just trying to troll here. Your claim above has no basis in fact. Far from " embarrassing" the school, at least half of those winning academic honors at Prize Day attended Beauvoir[/quote]

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