We toured dozens of schools when we were applying to kindergarten for my daughter. It was time-consuming and exhausting. We decided then that we would stretch out the high school tours over many years. We've been going to open houses for many years now, and we can tell you this, they all say the same things! "We have a great culture, great administration, supportive teachers, blah, blah blah." No one points out their flaws during a sales pitch. So what sets one school apart from another?