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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP stipulated that they like the K-8 model.

[b]Many of the responses are people telling OP that they shouldn’t like the K-8 model. So it’s just a lot of irrelevant noise.[/b]

OP, we loved the K-8 model also. I can’t speak to the other schools, but Norwood was great for our kids from the standpoint of preparation as well as high school placement. It gave our kids the precise type of experience we were hoping for in the first place with a K-8. We really loved it, never regretted sending our kids there and never considered moving them early. Good luck to you![/quote]
It's not irrelevant bc the OP was asking about HS placement. If she didn't care where her child went to HS, then, yes, such responses would be irrelevant. But very clearly, OP is asking about which K-8 schools send their students to highly competitive private HSs. Hence, all the advice.[/quote]

No. What you are saying is “OP, I know you say you like the K-8 model, but if you really care about HS placement, then you shouldn’t like the K-8 model.” That’s both irrelevant and inane, you’re just arguing with OP.

It’s possible to love K-8 and also want a sense of how a particular K-8 will prepare your child for the next step. For us, we knew that Norwood would do an amazing job of preparing our kids for high school, this is something that we definitely looked into and thought about when we were applying. But not because we were already focused on a specific high school or group of them when our kid was in K. That would be contrary to the model and what we loved about K-8 in the first place.[/quote]

OK Norwood booster. We hear you. [b]No one said to dislike the K-8 model. [/b]But, there's realistic advice, since OP is obviously concerned about getting her kid into a top HS, about the K-12 model. Guess what? You like like both models. You don't need to choose one or the other. You can apply to both. You can like both.[/quote]

As far as this thread is concerned, I’m a K-8 booster and I’m sharing specific positive experiences about a particular K-8 that OP asked about. I just don’t understand why you feel the need to be a busybody and tel[b]l OP that they shouldn’t like K-8s when they started the discussion by stating that they do like K-8s. [/b]Though I guess that is pretty much par for the course on this message board...[/quote]

OMG do you not read? [u]No one is saying people shouldn't like K-8s. No one.[/u] People are suggesting that OP consider K-12s in addition to K-8s. Do you not understand that people can and do apply to both types of schools? Because both have their strengths and weaknesses?[/quote]

Yes, I read quite well. Again, you are hijacking the thread. Thinking you know better than OP about what they want and what they are asking about.

Clearly, you want to talk about a different subject and not the one that OP asked about. I'm sorry that you had to resort to a K-8 solely because your kid didn't get into a Big 3 for K, and then you were disappointed later on with placement options from the K-8. Go start your own thread if that's what you want to whine about.[/quote]

Oh dear. Is that what you think? Are you so obtuse that you can't see the implications of OP's question? 
My kids are all at a Big 3, and I have seen way too many friends whose children were at K-8s who didn't get into their top (Big 3) choice. They ended up at perfectly good schools, but as you yourself noted, less than 25% of the kids at Norwood actually ended up at a Big 3. If Big 3 is what OP is after, she's wise to cast her net widely. That is all. I'm not sure why you are so supremely invested in thinking that OP need only look at K-8s. It's bizarre.[/quote]

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