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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really disliked the big crowds at some of the schools, like the Sidwell elementary school events for example.  But I'm struggling to think of any productive suggestion for how those popular schools might improve the process.

I guess they could offer a bunch more open houses, so each open house is smaller and less crowded.  But I'm sure that would put lots more burden on not only the admissions people, but also all the building maintenance people, the teachers, and the volunteer parents.  I'm not really sure how many events those schools had, and how many families showed up, so I can't gauge how they might be modified.  I just know my visits were crazy crowded, and sort of demoralizing because there were far more families in that gym than there were slots.

I'm sure some parents like the tours where you walk around the classrooms, but that didn't do much for me.  I personally got to know more from talking in small groups with the parent volunteers and the teachers.  What I think would be useful is to have a three person panel in each classroom where they each talk for 2-3 minutes about their experiences at the school, and then open up the floor for questions for 20 minutes.  That way, parents can ask their questions in smaller groups, and hear feedback from teachers and other parents, rather than the admissions team.  Instead of wasting time touring around the building and seeing the classrooms of other grades, I could spend my time in the classroom I care about.  If I could go to two different panels like that, I think I'd get a pretty good sense of the school.  Maybe there could still be an abbreviated tour for parents who do want to walk around to see all the other classrooms.

That's all I can come up with for ways to make it better.[/quote]

So you'd rather give them more opportunities to feed you a line of Bull, than see with your own eyes what is going on in the classrooms. You're an idiot! Total idiot![/quote]

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