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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid at Wakefield is a white kid with average grades and a junior. We can't think of one person in the building who can write a college rec, because no one really has a relationship with them. Pre-COVID I was more impressed with the school, but I'm basically over all of APS now, including Wakefield. [/quote]

There isn't a single teacher your child had at least some interaction with or in whose class they participated well and did well? No coach or extracurricular club sponsor?  If not, I'd  tell him to start forging a relationship with a teacher and his guidance counselor now.  Or what about people outside of school?[/quote]

Not really. Started to form some connections freshman year, but on the quieter side so it took a while, and neither brilliant nor a trouble maker, so not the kid that stands out. Then COVID happened. Teachers from last year didn't get to know the kids at all. I doubt they could even recognize their students. And this year has been so chaotic with all the issues from school being closed for so long.

At the HS level, most teachers have 6 classes maybe, 20-30 kids per class, so my kid is one of 120 or so they see during a typical week? I mean, they hardly have time to grade papers and give even a small amount of feedback. Clubs didn't exist last year. So yeah, not really any adult in that building who knows my kid well outside of family. probably the teacher spent the most time with was the driver's ed instructor! Tutor can write a letter maybe.[/quote]

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