Yes that all sounds very familiar. We got that exact script in response to our concerns about reading. She had a bad teacher one year and it was a total disaster which is why I am so paranoid. In general we're happy with the school. My comments on rewards for active parents were not worded very well. My concern is basically this. If 40% of the kids that have qualifying test scores don't get in how is it that many kids get in through parent referrals without the scores. I have heard through the grapevine that if you push your kid will get in but have no first hand knowledge. It just seems like a strange system. If the test scores are worthless, which they may be, why make the kids take them at all? Why not use a different method?
