This is becoming very common. I don’t like it either. This link below is at a good public high school that sends a lot of students to really good schools.
“It kind of depends what their intention is. If they’re trying to shield kids from competition, that’s kind of pointless. Most of these kids are going to have to deal with very demanding competition their entire lives,” Femec said.
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x1838788116
The link above is interesting because Canandaigua used to have a tough-ass principal. He ran a really tight ship. No hats in schools. No politically correct BS. He retired about 8-10 years ago. The school is still very good but it’s a much looser ship. I suppose that goes for most high schools compared to 10 years ago. Canandaigua’s sent a lot of kids to the service academies. I know one of its lacrosse players is going to Harvard next year.