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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Um, no.  Year after year, the lesser-able Beauvoir alums  are counseled out of "make another choice" and move along.  That, in truth, is why the upper school has a far lower proportion of Beauvoir alums in its ranks.  It is also why parents of non-Beauvoir alums have a sense of pride and, sometimes superiority, knowing that their son actually had to compete an win his spot at STA.[/quote]

As a member of the community of which you speak, I don't find this to be the case , at all. I certainly have never encountered a parent who exuded an "air of superiority for their child have quote end quote " gotten in on their own" .  Most parents are very humble and often deflect when complimented on a given award a child may have received, beyond the polite " thank you".

I responded to your last post only to provide a basic fact that the top 10 % of academic performance in the class consists of many from Beauvoir. Not one or two, many.   I will  now add this :  the Upper School adds spots to expand the class . For those genuinely interested, see the website for how many students are added to the upper school and middle school in each successive class.

While it is true that those admitted later in MS/ HS are all very bright and a good fit for the academic rigors of the school , that does not mean that those accepted in 4th grade  from B are not. It means that the ideal size of a class of 4th graders is smaller than the ideal size of a class of 7th, 9th graders due to specialization and expanding course options in later years. ( you cannot offer more class options if you still only have 45 boys, you need more boys so that some can take Chinese, others latin, french or spanish. You can;t have a class with only 4 kids in it so you add spots.

Lastly, having been through the admissions process from B to STA, what I have seen is that parents themselves opt out if they feel that their child is not a good academic fit or for whatever reason. So, your point about the school needing to force people out over looks, or seems to suggest, that parents are not serving their child's own best interest.

I think you seem more invested in stirring things up, that exchanging actual information about this school[/quote]

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