If you went to one private school for kindergarten and switched to another for first grade, can you please share your experience? Does this happen often in off years? Do the schools have space? Did you have to put down (and lose) a deposit at the school you were leaving before you found out if you got into the other school? How horrible was it to tell the school you were leaving that you were leaving? TIA
We switched when they rejected our second child For no good reason. Nobody really cared
Wow, I would have been so pissed. Did they have any explanation?
@BKmom oy you know it happened two years in a row and then we just moved on. No they didn’t really explain, initially said too young and immature, so we repeated prek. Then just said no. It’s really hard to stay at a school once they’ve done that. Also it’s a small value oriented private
@Anonymous yikes. sorry to hear they were so uncaring Had you applied out for #1 at that point or did you have to go through the remainder of that year and then another while applying out?
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Thanks. DO you feel comfortable sharing more of your experience?
Sure, what do you want to know? Are you the person looking to leave HM for one of the SS girls schools?
That's not me (the HM to SS mom). I'm someone new! Here are a few questions: Did you reach out to the admissions director at the new school before officially applying to see if they were going to have any open slots for new kids in first grade? If so, when did yo do it? What did they require for the application (e.g., school report from current teacher (and if so was it excruciating to ask for?) or re-testing)? Had you been admitted to the school the first time around and turned them down or was this your first time applying there? Was there any part of the process that felt hard or bad or was it just pretty straight-forward? Thank you!
1) yes; 2) in the summer; 3) it was during covid, so circumstances were different; 4) we were rejected before. It was easy, but it was an extraordinary year. What is going on with you guys?
We had a choice between two schools for K and agonized like crazy people. Eventually we picked one and I am already convinced we made the wrong decision (DH less convinced of this) so am wondering about how possible it would be to switch over in first grade. Thank you for sharing.
Are the two schools very different (e.g., a coed vs. a single sex? or a K-8 vs K-12?) I think this will make a difference in the eyes of the admissions director of the school you are trying to switch to.
Yes they are very different schools in several ways. So that's good. So you didn't reach out until the summer before the fall your child started 1st grade at the new school? Have you been happy about the switch? Thank you for thinking this through with me!
Yes, but it was during last summer, so covid times, which were very strange. If you want to switch, call the admissions asap. No reason to wait. Be open and honest.
I think we will give the first school a chance for a little bit of the fall and then reach out to the other school. DH is not on board yet. Thank you for your input!
i understand where you’re coming from. We agonized over 2 schools for K. Im afraid we made the wrong decision, DH feels otherwise