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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]During my DS's 3rd grade year at Beauvoir, a couple of overly-active(read hyper), disruptive boys were expelled or didn't get into STA.  Turned out they all are being treated now for ADHD.[/quote]

These stories about Beauvoir are a dime a dozen.  There's a lot of kids treated for ADHD at a lot of schools.  This is the difference between Beauvoir and other top-tier schools.  Many have earned a reputation for working with children, parents and doctors, when needed.  Remember they hand-picked these children.  And we are talking about, in the case of Beauvoir, very young children.  Beauvoir does not have a reputation for helping.  They have a reputation for dismissing them.[/quote]

Ummm, STA and NCS decide who they will admit or wont admit, so I am not clear on how STA's decision to opt out of admitting a boy because THEY do not want to "work with him" on his poor self-management translates to Beauvoir not helping the child as you state.  Many private schools council out kids with poor self-management if they are repeatedly damaging the learning environment for other kids in the class/school. Beauvoir only goes to 3rd grade so they generally work with a kid and a family, imho.What does happen is that STA reads the Beauvoir reports and opts out of taking on those kids for grades 4-12. This is hurtful to some parents who haven't wanted to face the truth, but as devastating as that is for a family that really wanted their DS to go on to STA, I think it is a bit of a cheap shot to then turn around and blame Beauvoir. It is STA's decision, after all. And maybe Beauvoir did try to help the child, but family was not receptive. Or is EVERY parent in Washington ALWAYS receptive to criticism about their DC, perhaps I am way off base.[/quote]

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