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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's crazy how much misinformation is out there or how some people speak about the rec and competitive programs and really have no knowledge of how it works.[/quote]

Only a handful of people have knowledge of "how it works" because it's a resource that has been focused on serving the needs of that handful of people for several years, without offering much for the community at large. Resources have been focused on the competition team and the rec program has dwindled. People get frustrated that they can never get their kids into the rec classes because they always fill up immediately and the waitlists never move. Even if you can get into classes, there's no guarantee your kid will be able to continue with it in the next session because of the oversubscription.

So to a large degree, the lack of knowledge and understanding of the program is due to the program's own mismanagement and concentration of resources towards a small group of "insiders". Well now those insiders want to fight to keep that program that mostly only benefits them, and it turns out everyone else, who mostly have no direct experience with the program (and some case whose only experience is with being unable to get their kids into classes or to sign up for them themselves) are not eager to go to bat for a program with limited utility outside a small group of people in the know.

You are right I don't know much about rec and competitive programs at Barcroft. That is largely because neither I nor my kids have ever been able to take a class there. It just doesn't seem the program had much interest in us, so now we have very little interest in the program.[/quote]

Wait are your feelings just becauee you couldnt get in? Are you  upset at camp signs ups or college admissions processes?

I mean yeah it sucks to not get in, but not sure why that is a reason to hate a whole program. They do offer over 1000 spots for rec classes. [/quote]

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