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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents with Middle schoolers in K-8, school has been amazing in so many ways—very strong academic and personal growth.

But when parents say everyone ends up where they should for HS, I call foul.  The reality is if there are 50-60 kids who all want a placement out of the same K-8 into a private HS (only 2-3 want public),  there aren’t enough  spaces for all of them at the highly desirable high schools. K-8s prep kids for HS—kids do well on SSATs and have strong academic competence/grades. Many top private high schools are only adding 25-30 kids at most to their 9th grades. That means they will only take 2-3 kids from any single k-8. When you add in the fact that some applicants from the k-8 have siblings already at the k-12s, many kids will have literally zero chance at acceptance at some schools even if they are highly qualified. There just isn’t space for everyone. This results in kids trying to outshine each other in 7th and 8th to get into school. Kind of good because it encourages kids to step up their grades and involvement,  but stressful all around. Yes they will all get in somewhere, but that doesn’t mean they are getting into the best school for them—they’re getting into the best school with space to fit them. [/quote]

I'm guessing your child did not get into Maret/Sidwell/Cathedral and you are confident that your child was robbed? [/quote]

I don’t see any sign of this in PP’s post. [/quote]

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