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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP You have a limited view of private school admission process if you think the administration and parent contacts share this type of information.   If you know people who attend the school, yes you can ask them but a lot of people don't know other families in the school.  If they do, the parents typically don't share their actual opinions of their current school.  I don't rip on my current school when asked.
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I wouldn't call my view "limited," I'd call it responsible parenting.  We knew very few people with kids at the schools we considered.  So, I researched.  I sought out parents to speak with (both through the school and through friends of friends and friends of colleagues) once our child had been accepted. I went to the schools' playgrounds on weekends a few times and spoke with parents about my questions.  The dads there on Saturday mornings seemed particularly candid.  I searched the schools on DCUM and looked out for things (hoping to filter out the crazies) that might concern me.  I'm a parent, it's my job.

Specifically on the age point, there's nothing at all negative about asking a parent if he/she know how many kids tuned a year older than most during the year.  School parents will have a good sense of this (at least for their kids' classes) based on birthday party invites. Not at all asking someone to "rip" on their school.

If parents can't manage to do this type of very basic research about where their kids will be 6 hours a day (and where they'll be spending up to $30,000 a year per kid), then I don't have a whole lot of sympathy.  And certainly anyone who's able to find their way to this forum has the ability to do these simple things to identify and look into any areas of concern.  There will always be some unpredictable changes at schools as in life, but redshirting isn't one of them.  [/quote]

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