Talk:Groton School

message: Roxbury Latin is actually the smallest school that competes in the Independent School League. Of course, Groton, being co-ed, has slightly fewer boys, but this is not what the article states. I believe the article should be changed to clarify this point.
[Partly because the number of students is smaller than any other ISL school, Groton often finds itself at the lower end of the standings in the larger ISL sports (i.e., football, hockey).]
Middlesex School is the same size as Groton School so I don't think one can conclude or infer that Groton is at a disadvantage due to size. St. George's and Lawrence Academy are similar in size as well.
I was wondering if the Abuse Allegation section should be made into a section of the history page? this would be in line with other school articles (eg. Scotch College Smbarnzy 07:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISL size -- Fixed 

message: Having graduated in 2002, I never once considered Lawrence Academy a rival.  Although the school is in the same town, our only traditional rival is St. Marks.
I am at Groton now and concur, Lawrence is an unofficial rival, a crosstown but not traditional rival. Not really worth mentioning.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.17.31 (talk) 16:29, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lawrence 

message: This article lacks alot of direct references within the text, if this article is ever to become a GA it is going to require these references (eg. Aquinas College ) Smbarnzy 07:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: ...why in the world are they sorted alphabetically by first name? Jessicapierce 16:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alphabetization of alumni 

message: While the abuse allegations are of course valid in the article, they should come with a source (newspaper article etc.) --Mbimmler (talk) 16:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Source added. Accurizer (talk) 12:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abuse allegations 

message: Edie Sedgwick died in 1971, 4 years before Groton started admitting girls in 1975 (as this article states). Anyway, if she was born in 1943 then she would have been 32 in 1975. This makes no sense ... she should be removed from the list of alums. Edie Sedgwick Wikipedia page  173.48.158.25 (talk) 16:41, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's Ellery Sedgwick, the editor, not Edie. --13:07, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  How can Edie Sedgwick have been an alum? 

message: Description of a visit in his 1890 book Universités transatlantiques pages 122-126. Available on wikisource. Hektor (talk) 11:50, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Pierre de Coubertin]] in Groton School 

message: @GuardianH, I saw you edited the lede on grounds of WP:UNDUE, saying that there wasn't any support in the body for the acceptance rate ranking. Given that almost nothing in the lede (not just the acceptance rate ranking) was reflected in the body, I edited the body to include tuition, financial aid, and endowment information, similar to Phillips Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, Hotchkiss School, etc etc etc. (I also think a more practical way of addressing the concern you raised is to move the relevant information into the body instead of deleting it from the lede, but it is what it is.)
I've also put the acceptance rate ranking information in the body and updated it for 2024, although as you can see, I am not 100% sure about the methodology.
I also streamlined the campus section and moved around some photos, none of which should be controversial.
Let me know if you have any further proposals about the lede. Stylistically, the last paragraph is pretty bare, so without some additional point of note, it probably makes sense to add more alumni. Thanks for considering my comments.
Courtesy ping for @Melchior2006.
209.122.123.7 (talk) 23:10, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Lede