The school board and administrators should be ashamed of themselves! They were probably looking for alternate schools and positions while they kept others in the dark.
The good news is that your kids are still very young and you have time find a better situation before they start the real academics.
It sounds like there are no perfect choices right now. How about splitting the odds by sending your youngest child to the fancy school for early entrance and your 2nd grader to the cold, but academically challenging school to determine the better fit for next year? The public school option will always be there if neither works out to your satisfaction.
