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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another takeaway is that one’s views of their K-8 experience likely turn on how happy they were with outplacement. The families that are happy of course think the K-8 model worked well for them. But are families whose kids were not admitted to their school of choice (whatever it was) still happy they chose the K-8 model?[/quote]

I don’t think it’s quite that simple. We loved our k-8 and always planned to go to public HS, so we didn’t even go through the HS application process. But it was striking how stressful it seemed and how some great kids we were close to didn’t get into their first or second choices. I felt like there was so much propaganda during the whole k-8 experience about how great the exmissions were, and seeing it up close took off the rose colored glasses. The transition at 8th was also much more difficult socially than I had anticipated when my oldest was in elementary.[/quote]

PP here. My point was not that everyone wants to go to a Big 3 HS as the goal. Some want the K-8 foundation and then go public for high school and that is your goal, so you are pleased with the K-8 experience. My point was only that if you’re happy or not happy with the outcome (whether it was public, Catholic, big 3, whatever) that will color your view of the K-8 experience. [/quote]

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