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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bullis is adding second grade. They are putting it after Junior Year so they can attract athletes. [/quote]

I believe someone else already made that particular joke.  If you talk to admin at Bullis, however, they are open that it is to drive revenue.  Nothing wrong with that, of course.  What has people talking is the extent to which this urgent need to drive new revenue is driven by their wholesale handing out of athletic scholarrships for football, boys and girls basketball, and lacrosse.  They don't have a big endowment and are below many peer schools in annual giving, so they need tuition revenue.  [/quote]

All of this is pure speculation, of course, since athletic scholarships are prohibited. However, admitting students who have athletic ability is not prohibited. All of the privates do this to some extent. When plush athletic fields and facilities are implemented, private schools have to pay for this. Appeals for more giving to the (insert) fund; tuition increases; adding grade levels, etc.is to maximize revenues. Nothing new here.

When a poster mentioned "PG County" the true intent of the griping was evident.[/quote]

Bullis absolutely gives non-need based money to athletes.  Multiple examples of this in recent years (parents have sometimes brought offers back to prior schools to see if they can be matched).  [/quote]

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