<p>My son used to go to a K-12 day school. I felt plenty of tension when we let it be known that he was applying to boarding schools, and they did not want us to leave – my reward for being an active volunteer. They did send the progress report for 8th grade with comments because of deadlines, or perhaps because I didn’t know enough to request the final 1st half transcript. The comments looked fine to me, but they could have been used as a negative screening device. It would be best to have an apples to apples comparison to other applicants. I think the other reports were standard transcripts. I think the schools that end in 8th or 9th grade generally do a great job with applications. I imagine that public schools vary in responsiveness.</p>