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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid a. had adhd (that didn't manifest in academics - was more socially oriented when kid was 8,9 in impulse control and was now under control) and b. was at a K-8 that never flagged any academic issues ever (even when asked about tutoring), and then the school raised Dwight as an option for high school, how would you feel? To me it's the lowest hanging fruit private that I would have expected to be floated as an option if we'd all for years been working on academic issues. But maybe I'm understanding it wrong? [/quote]

I really don’t think they’ll flag a B student for academic issues.  They just don’t do that anymore nowadays.  Would they recommend tutoring for a B student? No, they view a B student as academically competent.

But they also wouldn’t recommend TT or high T2 schools because they would not be a match with a B student.  I think that’s where the confusion comes from.  [/quote]

This! My friend and I were just talking about this. She pulled her child out of a K-8 off cycle (going into 7th) because she was starting to see how it was going to shake out with lots of kids ahead of hers at an all boys TT when her son was not doing badly enough to be counseled out, but also not towards the top of the class. She expressed frustration that they kept telling her he was "doing fine" and that he didn't need a tutor, when she of course found out later almost everyone had a tutor so that they could get As. I've heard this scenario quite a few times over the last year or so.[/quote]

I have heard the teachers are eligible to provide private tutoring for students in their class. I am not sure how everyone handles the conflict of interest. There is a real possibility we go public for high school if it turns out to be more merit base compared to private.  [/quote]

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