[kidlexington]

Thanks for blowing the lid off this, it gives me courage to tell the truth about my son’s recruiting.
We were at a high school fair at The Lexington School and making the rounds of the Lexington publics, which all recruited to their magnet programs, and Sayre, which ignored us, then went to LexCath’s booth. The admissions lady cleverly asked my son what his favorite things in middle school were. He answered, “putting on plays, Spanish, and basketball.” She then sprang the trap. She told him about their theatre program and facilities, then about their Spanish curriculum and Spanish club. Finally, the devious part – she pointed her finger in his face and said, “If it’s really important to you to play basketball for your high school team, you’re probably better off at one of the public schools – it’s really hard to get on our team, and we have a lot of coaches’ kids in the program right now.” Devilishly clever bit of reverse psychology for sure, he’s now on their varsity. Cunning devils!