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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Social dynamics are important but I’m always surprised about parents who place more emphasis on this than academics. Where are they getting a better education? [b]Unless there is a toxic bullying situation, The social stuff you can always supplement with sports- be a coach- that’s a sure fire way to meet a lot of kids and families.[/b] Plus, OP you haven’t been there SUPER long. It takes years to nestle into friendships. Some ppl find entertaining (even play dates) too much, especially during the COVID. [/quote]

I know this is not the same school, due to the price tag, but my friends in one school have pointed out how families who came into their small community during Covid from public, immediately started making "subtle, constructive" digs at the things that made their school, "them" like discipline, uniform policies, more paper compared to tech....and they got tired of hearing it.

They socialize in an "everyone in the class is invited to the birthday party" way but avoid being cornered in the kitchen with the family who seems so hard to please, and whose kid(s) are unkind/impolite/pushy to the kids of people they have known for years.

Not saying that this is OPs situation, but it is something I heard about a lot this month, especially kids announcing to their class they are leaving when there is a conflict, without parents realizing they are making these announcements. [/quote]

So basically what your saying is that your friends didn’t like when a new person started asking questions and holding a mirror to things that may have been overlooking or convincing themselves were better than they really are?  I sincerely doubt that all(or the majority) new kids are unkind/impolite/pushy anymore than those that have been there for years.  And kids announcing they are leaving is because a) kids have terrible filters and awareness of what not to say (this is very normal), and b)these kids are probably happy or unhappy about the decision .[/quote]

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