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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are you looking for in a tour? You definitely won't be able to sit in on classes so really the only thing you can see is the building itself. You also won't be able to talk to the teachers or students. Public schools don't care one way or the other if you come there. Private schools care so that is why they hold open houses. My son went to a magnet elementary school and they did have an open house in November prior to the application deadline. The assistant principal gave a short talk in the cafeteria and they have 5th grade students giving brief tours. That was one day and they had a limit on the number of people attending (you had to RSVP by a certain date and they only had space for a certain number of people).[/quote]

Because my subjective feelings about the school will overcome the objective data I want to ignore.[/quote]

[b]Objective data on test scores[/b].  You can measure that. But what does it tell you?  That the school teaches well? Or just that it has high SES families?  Does the environment of the high SES families somehow rub off on your kids? Some people think so. Some don't.

We killed a lot of Viet Cong.  We lost anyway.  Objective data only works if its measuring what actually matters. [/quote]

DP  I disagree.  Schools can be still mediocre and the kids can perform well.  My brother has experience with this.  Point is those kids are tutored and pushed by the parents so they are already ahead. and will test very well.  Teachers don't really have to be great because the kids are taught by other people.  So test scores can be great and still technically not be a great school. Also, as we all know if you kid has any learning differences dyslexia, dyscalcuia Moco is not the place to be![/quote]

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