Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 16:22     Subject: Email about pool letters
Verbal 150
Quant 148
Non verbal 128
Composite 148

In pool.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 16:22     Subject: Re:Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Should I re-phrase ... Ok. ... Fun starts now


Call it what you like, this is a "every man for himself" situation.


Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 16:18     Subject: Email about pool letters
What is your point ?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 16:15     Subject: Re:Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:Should I re-phrase ... Ok. ... Fun starts now


Call it what you like, this is a "every man for himself" situation.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 16:11     Subject: Re:Email about pool letters
Should I re-phrase ... Ok. ... Fun starts now
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 16:10     Subject: Re:Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now


Race to what?


+1 lol Never knew we were in a RACE!


Surprise, you are!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 16:07     Subject: Re:Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now


Race to what?


+1 lol Never knew we were in a RACE!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 15:51     Subject: Re:Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now


Race to what?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 15:51     Subject: Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:2 meetings doesn't sound like too much extra effort to me. Also, couldn't they record and post on web page? Curious why LA picked 11am?


I don't see this as being a big deal. Does 10 feel better? Perhaps the room they'd used was booked at a different time? Move in to other worries...
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 15:43     Subject: Re:Email about pool letters
Just got the letter, my daughter is in the pool with 144 ( composite) ... Race starts now
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 14:54     Subject: Email about pool letters
2 meetings doesn't sound like too much extra effort to me. Also, couldn't they record and post on web page? Curious why LA picked 11am?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 14:27     Subject: Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is messed up...in past years, our school's informational meeting was before the referrals were due, so parents could get some tips on how to prepare the referral. No word from the school so far about a meeting.


Huh? The quoted email from Louise Archer above says that the meeting is this Tues. The referrals were originally due 2/3 (which is after that meeting date) and now are due 2/7 (which is also after that meeting date). Grab a calendar, friend.


Um, yeah. But I'm not at Louise Archer. And our school hasn't said *anything* about *any* meeting. If the school is going to be helpful to parents in terms of preparing a referral, they need to get a date on the calendar quickly so that people can a) make time in their schedules for the meeting, and b) have some time to get letters together, etc.

I'm not even complaining for myself; I've been to those meetings in the past, and my kid is in-pool. so it doesn't matter to me this year. However, I was in a different position a few years ago, and I know that having the meeting well in advance of the referral deadline gave me time to get specific info from the AART and arrange for all the letters of recommendation. Despite the posted info from the county, I was clueless about what would really help in the packet; the AART steered me away from some material I would have included, which was very helpful.




Sorry, you're still confusing. How in the world does having a meeting before the due-date help you have time to get letters together, etc.? Those on this board already know about letter due-dates. Oh - and all schools I know of have an informational meeting in the fall. So this is a second, supplemental meeting. This isn't' the first and only meeting days before a deadline.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 14:26     Subject: Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is, no matter what the school does, they will be criticized by someone in this county. It really gets exhausting.

True, maybe run 2 meetings to accommodate different schedules.


This is ridiculous. You seriously think the school should have two meetings to accommodate different schedules? We don't do that with anything else. If you can't go - tell the school. If you can, go. Isn't this life?
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 13:00     Subject: Email about pool letters
Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is, no matter what the school does, they will be criticized by someone in this county. It really gets exhausting.

True, maybe run 2 meetings to accommodate different schedules.
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2014 12:16     Subject: Email about pool letters
The bottom line is, no matter what the school does, they will be criticized by someone in this county. It really gets exhausting.