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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know what class your son is in that 85% are athletes!  I have 3 there and one has maybe 50% athletically inclined boys.  You have to play something so everyone finds something to play (even the choristers) but in 4th and 5th it is sports rotations.  Then in 6th grade you can play for the school.   Only about 30% of one son's grade tried out for basketball this week!  Another grade has at least 1/3 of my son's homeroom class who have no interest (currently!) in sports.  We have an eclectic science kid, a voracious reader, a history buff, a budding chef and one I don't know but he does not partake in any sports during recess so while all 5 could easily be sporty, they are not.  So I don't buy it that 85% are athletic.  I think that is hugely inflated, as it is a small school and boys are part of a team but may not actually be very athletic.  One son's football team had about 10 out of 20 or so boys who are any good.  The other 10 had playing time and might develop stronger skills, but have not to date.

Don't pull numbers out of your you-know-what without having fulll information.  ST Albans gives every boy a chance to play sports, as the school believes that this helps form a whole boy, that exercise is a good thing, that learning to be a good sport and a good team mate is valuable and that competition can be a good thing.  While they have enjoyed success in different sports over the years, it does not compare to several of the other all boys schools in the area.  They won't take a kid just because he is an athlete.  A famous NFL football player went there and supposedly his brother could not get in.  Other schools often give their athletes a free pass, but not at STA as they have to cut it academically as well.

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