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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point is that posting are positioning Maret as a football/basketball factory and it is not. One or two kids a decade is not a Div. I factory. If you want a definition look it up Dematha. If you want a comparable example in the indy schools look at Landon lacrosse.  [/quote]

The difference is, Maret is TINY.  Just 70-80 kids per grade.[/quote]

That does not diminish the PP' s point at all.  You are talking about 1 or 2 Division 1 propsepcts in 10 years!  Bullis (where my DD attended) has more than that on this year's team alone.

Besides that, look at the schools recruiting the kids in the article.  They are low D1 and D2 schools. Nobody is going to Kentucky or Syracuse from Maret to play basketball.  In fact, Maret has as many girls currently playing D1 basketball as it does boys who are playing D1 basketball.  These kids are from PG county and those MS basketball programs usually feed into WCAC schools. These kids chose Maret and academics over basketball.  Give them some credit for that. It is no different from some other prominent independent schools who recruit kids who are in the arts -  violin or dance.  Folks here are just placing their own negative value judgments on athletics.   [/quote]

If you could name just two kids who travel from PG county to Maret (or Bullis or ...) who 1. are standout cello players and 2. were [u]recruited[/u] by Maret and who 3. were put on a [u]slower academic track [/u]in recognition of and gratitude for their cello contributions to the school .....

Your point would be a valid one.  Same goes for a ballet standout from PG county or a promising and published fiction writer.  They don't exist, pal. [/quote]

I do not not need to name them - because it is none of our business! It does not impact the education that my kid is getting.  But I do know two kids from PG County (who are musicians) who attend a prominent independent school, get FA and were identifed by the band director at that school while in MS.   If you go to a band performance at that school, these kids are front and center.  So just because YOU don't know of any kids does not mean they are not out there.  The problem I have is that the athletes are easy targets.  The Independent schools can admit whoever the hell they want for whatever reason.  If folks do not like it, look elsewhere. [/quote]

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