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Honestly, I would have let it go when he did not get picked. I don't doubt you about the quality of the projects, but I would have been uncomfortable trying to go around the decision of the committee, even if it was a poor one. And if my child protested--and she would--I would have explained that sometimes judgements as to merit aren't what we expect, and that's the way life goes. I also would have talked to her about how SHE felt about her project, and what the point of doing the project was (for her to learn).

Crap like this does happen. It happens often, in fact. While I definitely would not talk to my child about my feelings that the committee was biased towards their own kids--I would find that inappropriate in a lot of different ways--I would indeed acknowledge that grown-ups are hardly infallible and that I thought her project should have been chosen.