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re: LSU Lab School -- worth it?
Posted on 1/13/20 at 4:13 pm to dragginass
Posted on 1/13/20 at 4:13 pm to dragginass
the OP’s daughter is 6. The only higher ranking elementary school in the area is Westdale Heights & they just passed the Lab School in the latest rankings.
If you’re not Catholic, the Lab School is the best option in the area if you can get in.
If you’re not Catholic, the Lab School is the best option in the area if you can get in.
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Posted on 1/13/20 at 4:20 pm to Gaston
No, I don’t have nearly enough information to make that assessment. I also highly doubt people are bribing admissions members or anything like that.
It just isn’t meritocratic, even by prep school standards.
The interesting thing is that usually private schools let in kids because their parents write big checks. That isn’t corrupt either, not in the legal definition, but it’s also certainly not meritocratic. However at U High, I don’t think they even have to do that.
The name is all that’s needed, and the name isn’t often the type that any other school would care about.
It just isn’t meritocratic, even by prep school standards.
The interesting thing is that usually private schools let in kids because their parents write big checks. That isn’t corrupt either, not in the legal definition, but it’s also certainly not meritocratic. However at U High, I don’t think they even have to do that.
The name is all that’s needed, and the name isn’t often the type that any other school would care about.
This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 1/13/20 at 4:59 pm to Keys Open Doors
My son’s school has admission tests and interviews, but I think they only use that to weed out local problem kids they don’t want to take on...which is kind of funny because it’s a boarding school for bad kids, or it has been historically.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:01 pm to Gaston
St Stanislaus? Every kid I knew that got sent there was a major frick up. This was in the 80s and 90s though. May not be the same now.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:05 pm to whoreallyknowstho
Good school. Great support and connection to LSU.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:07 pm to whoreallyknowstho
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Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:09 pm to hubertcumberdale
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The governors kids and LSU coaches kids usually always go there (over $25k/yr Episcopal) if that tells you anything.
It says the school isn't really about intellectual ability but your status is society.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:13 pm to fallguy_1978
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Only Pre K 3 is $12K.
High school is $20,574.00 Before they beg for donations also. Look it up.
Only Pre K 3 is $12K.
High school is $20,574.00 Before they beg for donations also. Look it up.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:15 pm to zippyputt
Yeah I knew it was somewhere around 18k. It may have gone up slightly since I last looked. We live a few houses down from the school so I considered sending my kid there years ago.
I have 2 nieces and 1 nephew there. Ultimately I just decided that it was too expensive though.
I have 2 nieces and 1 nephew there. Ultimately I just decided that it was too expensive though.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:19 pm to Tonio
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Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:20 pm to Tonio
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Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:38 pm to fallguy_1978
Yeah, I’m not sure if it’s still like that. I only know the local boys and my son just started,...not many kids get kicked out of 7th grade and need to board.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:48 pm to whoreallyknowstho
Send her to SJA baw
Posted on 1/15/20 at 10:45 pm to whoreallyknowstho
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This post was edited on 1/17/20 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:03 pm to zippyputt
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A good bit of Episcopal's tuition is so that tuition can be subsidized for lower income families of athletes
FIFY
Posted on 1/16/20 at 4:21 am to whoreallyknowstho
In the majority of cases paying absurd tuition for education just doesn’t have a good roi
Posted on 1/16/20 at 5:28 am to whoreallyknowstho
Preppy future frat sorority environment. Lawyers kids , coaches kids .
Cheaper then episcobsl Dunham and Catholic but I don't think academic are that great . Good sports, and
Cheaper then episcobsl Dunham and Catholic but I don't think academic are that great . Good sports, and
Posted on 1/16/20 at 5:36 am to Jim Rockford
Br doesn't have same aristocrats like chareltin New York times London or Savannah. Pennington wenT u high
This post was edited on 1/16/20 at 5:37 am
Posted on 1/16/20 at 5:57 am to Boo Krewe
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Baton Rouge aristocracy
I know people who THINK they are part of this.
Posted on 1/16/20 at 5:59 am to whoreallyknowstho
U High is a great school -- especially K thru 6...some great teachers. They do have problems at the top according to my sauces. I think one of them has been well documented.
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