You need to get a consultant help you figure out why this happened. This seems very unusual.

Anonymous wrote:There’s always Sandy Spring Friends. Better than public.

Is it though?
Maybe if it stays open and had enough kids in each grade to have a cohort.

What grade?

Anonymous wrote:Go to Publix and apply next year

+1. Yeah, come to the dark side, we got cookies!

There’s always Sandy Spring Friends. Better than public.

Call around and register for public.

Anonymous wrote:Go to Publix and apply next year

I prefer Kroger or Harris Teeter.

What grade and is your public an option? Any other constraints (religion, geography, etc)?

Any sense of what might have been the issue? Did you apply only to schools that are very selective? Does your child have learning or behavioral challenges?

If you give more info, people may be able to give you ideas on schools that might have room and be a good fit.

FWIW, we decided to switch DD to private during COVID, in September. I emailed a dozen schools, all of them legitimate and well-respected and within a reasonable distance to us in Bethesda, asking if they had room for a girl in her elementary grade, and 3 did. I’m sure things were different during COVID, but it is possible to find a great school off-cycle.

Public for a year unless you have connnections at a private or parochial.

What grade? Where are you located?

Public where education is way better

Anonymous wrote:Go to Publix and apply next year

Nice.

Call around and see if any of the less popular schools will take a late application or register for public.

Go to Publix and apply next year

Anyone else in the same situation? What will you do?