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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you have to decide what kind of K-8 you want to be. If you're going for small, nurturing, special needs friendly, great for the late bloomer/shy/[b]immature/spectrummy/parents-in-SPED-denial[/b] kind of situation, then try to really shine at that, and shine at matching kids to the right high school *for them* and managing parents' emotions about that. If you're prepping bright and capable kids to have strong high school options, that's a different kind of school. It's very hard to do both at once.[/quote]

This is going to sounds like a harsh post to anyone who isn’t experiencing it, but PP, I 100% agree with you. Our school has a lot of the bolded kids, and it’s a tricky situation because many are admitted young and with older siblings who have already been at the school. The school is constantly trying to balance keeping a 2-3 headcount family happy while trying to manage those kids with higher needs, and they probably aren’t as honest about it as they should be. Then older sister and brother both get into a certain HS but the challenged youngest child doesn’t, and the family spreads the word that “the school isn’t good anymore.”

And every few years we have a couple of truly standout kids who stay through 8th and are admitted everywhere. They would do fine at any school in the country. Instead of realizing that these kids are unique standouts and that the school doesn’t actually have the resources or best track record of packaging kids to have this outcome, parents in younger grades see it as the rule and expect that their children will have a similar experience.[/quote]

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