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You are missing the point of what many are saying. We are not discussing whether Bullis is good for educating kids with learning issues. If people with kids are finding it a place for that great. What is also going on there is that Bullis is on a tear through MoCo to recruit any kid they feel will benefit their football, lacrosse or basketball teams. [b]Doesn't matter what their scores are, what they did behaviorally or even if they are seniors. When you are pursuing that strategy, it is hard to argue that Bullis is also taking their academics seriously.[/b]
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Bullis has never been highly regarded as a top academic high schools on this DCUM board (for what it's worth). Assuming what has been stated anonymously is true, what's the big deal? DC-area private schools recruit athletes all of the time: this is nothing new. Bullis has been around forever and isn't going anywhere when you have a demographic that will pay $30k+ for smaller class sizes in Potomac. If it eventually develops a reputation as a place where students can get recruited to D1 schools for athletics, then even better. After Sidwell, STA, and NCS, there's a big drop in terms of elite academic high schools. Every other school has to find its niche to justify the large tuition bill.[/quote]

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