She watched over some of the most sought-after schools in the city.

Some of the most sought-after schools, including a number of the Government's independent academies, now receive as many as 11 applications for every place.

With 972 students on its red-brick campus 10 miles south of Boston, Milton is generally considered one of the most sought-after schools in the nation.

"We're a very sought-after school."

This is a sought-after academically-selective school with parents' websites talking about its "stellar" results in getting students into college.

At P.S. 87, one of the most sought-after schools in District 3, about 44 percent of 915 students come from outside the zone.

The old process allowed for the automatic acceptance of siblings in families that had been admitted into the sought-after schools.

It is also the site of the American School, a much sought-after boarding school.

The school now has nearly 1,000 students and is one of the most sought-after public schools in the city.

But for every winner like him, the huge expense of special education programs and the scarcity of places at the most sought-after schools also create losers.