And THAT is why I brought my question here. Thank you all. To you questions, polarbear, the school graduates 70-75 kids per year and has had three NMSF since 2005 (Wow that sounds low!) The seniors go generally to public universities in state and through the south with a couple going to smaller liberal arts schools. (I should note that admission to our flagship State U. is crazy competitive.)No Ivies or particularly exclusive schools appear regularly.
Your next question is probably, so why are your children AT this school. That has a long, involved answer involving the "least worst" option analysis and I won't bore you with it. However, they are at the elementary school and I am trying to get the leadership to face the merit scholar (and related college admission, as polarbear rightly points out) issue and not simply define it as a non-issue.
