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They do not allow tours of the building or shadowing before admission due to the size of the school and disruption it would create.
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I call BS on this. Wilson has tours. Hardy has tours. Deal has tours. Charters have tours. My IB elementary, which is 14 rooms, has tours. If they wanted to have tours, they would figure out a way to have tours. They don't have tours because they don't feel they need to.[/quote]

I find tours a complete waste of time. Always the same thing, tour provider blowing sunshine up your ass, while extolling the virtues of their perfect institution. Unable or unwilling to to be candid about a schools strengths and weaknesses.[/quote]

This wins the dumb comment of the week.  All school have strengths and weaknesses.  You should presume there are weaknesses, but to expect any school to go into detail about the school's weaknesses --particularly at a tour --is simply ridiculous.

If you do your research properly, you can determine a school's strengths and weaknesses, weigh them against each other and ultimately determine if the school is a good fit for your child (not to be confused with you).

There's no such thing as a "perfect" school.  And even if there was, "perfect" for you, may not be "perfect" for me.

The dumb commentary on DCUM never ceases to amaze me.[/quote]

And yet you keep reading so that you can insult another person's opinion, how mature of you.
I do not expect the school to highlight their weaknesses but some honesty would help people make informed decisions. Instead, people make decisions based on the marketing and facilities. Hence, the people bashing schools that they have left.[/quote]

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