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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents of juniors on this board are insane.

Why should your kid have to take the SAT/ACT multiple times? That is privilege right there.

You are upset that your kids "super special" athletic ability isn't going to get them into a school that they aren't qualified to get into on academics alone?

Ring ceremonies?

Junior trips abroad?

Schools have plenty of time to plan for things like Prom and graduation, 2021 - please.

Did you even think that maybe students are deferring because of financial reasons/concerns?  Not being able to visit a school?

Remember, this whole conversation started because a junior parent whined about seniors being "unfair."  
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Just because your schools doesn't have the same rites of passage as others doesn't mean that the frustration and loss are any less. A ring ceremony is about bonding with seniors who are graduating before you and it's a nice experience that students look forward to at our school. We don't do senior skip day or senior spirit day but I get that your kid might have been looking forward to that so let's not decide what is worth being upset about, ok?  I'm not sure what you mean by "plenty of time to plan for Prom in 2021" because if schools close again it won't happen.  The students in class of 2021 just get to wonder whether it will happen for most of the year leading up to it.  They will do that for all of the senior year milestones most likely because there is so much uncertainty right now.  And this will be on top of the financial challenges many of them will see their families face.

Many people are talking about deferring because they don't want to do online classes, that has been the discussion on this chain and not financial reasons.  Financial issues will plague all families and will change where juniors apply next fall too.

I'm not sure a parent pointing out some of these things as concerns qualifies as "insane".  You may need to look up the definition of that word.

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