ACPS Secret Clique

[Anonymous]

I was having wine with friends last night. Two of them are 'inner circle' ACPS PTA ladies of years past. They still dabble a teeny bit in that world but their kids are HS now. The wine was flowing and one of them said that there is actually an inner sorority type clique that goes back at least until 2008.

Anyone heard of this?

[Anonymous]

Weird choice to do that in ACPS when there are so many other local districts where that vibe would fit right in. Lyles crouch maybe?

[Anonymous]

Don't know about cliques but there is a shadow page for Brooks parents that has some eye-opening gossip on it.

[Anonymous]

This is a very real thing, but what really gets them is when you do not give them the time of day because your life is much more meaningful than theirs (and they know it).

[Anonymous]

Who ARE these women? Or actually...who were these women? Were they mean girls in high school, women with formerly bright career prospects that fizzled, former sorority sisters tryin to recreate a sisterhood?

Its just fascinating to me (kids are still young so I am just getting a hang of mom culture).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird choice to do that in ACPS when there are so many other local districts where that vibe would fit right in. Lyles crouch maybe?

No, LC is actually very open and supportive. This sounds more like Brooks and rosemont to me

[Anonymous]

Wait, let me guess, the current president of PTAC is in it. Sounds right up her alley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was having wine with friends last night. Two of them are 'inner circle' ACPS PTA ladies of years past. They still dabble a teeny bit in that world but their kids are HS now. The wine was flowing and one of them said that there is actually an inner sorority type clique that goes back at least until 2008.

Anyone heard of this?

What does this even mean? That some parents are friends?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was having wine with friends last night. Two of them are 'inner circle' ACPS PTA ladies of years past. They still dabble a teeny bit in that world but their kids are HS now. The wine was flowing and one of them said that there is actually an inner sorority type clique that goes back at least until 2008.

Anyone heard of this?

What does this even mean? That some parents are friends?

I assume it is Justin Wilson’s Mom Mafia.

[Anonymous]

I’m a non-clique Brooks parent with an older kid (middle school) and a younger kid and the parents of my younger kid’s friends are so much nicer and friendlier than the parents of the older kid’s classmates. It’s been refreshing to see the snobbiness abate as some of the ringleaders’ kids aged out of the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a non-clique Brooks parent with an older kid (middle school) and a younger kid and the parents of my younger kid’s friends are so much nicer and friendlier than the parents of the older kid’s classmates. It’s been refreshing to see the snobbiness abate as some of the ringleaders’ kids aged out of the school.

My daughter is in HS now but when she was at Maury the moms of her classmates were... something else. It seemed like their entire lives revolved around the school. Most of them were unemployed. They literally met weekly to chime in on the Gala, the Spring Fling, field trips etc.

I always wondered what they were going to do when their kids got older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't know about cliques but there is a shadow page for Brooks parents that has some eye-opening gossip on it.

I've been a Brooks parent for decade. Clearly not in the know. What is this shadow page and what is the gossip that is worth knowing, like relevant to ACPS? Don't care about the popularity contests of adults. Genuinely want to know what you mean by "secret clique". Like these parents have influence on ACPS admin or they are just the self-proclaimed busy bodies of ACPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird choice to do that in ACPS when there are so many other local districts where that vibe would fit right in. Lyles crouch maybe?

I've heard that Lyles Crouch is one of the most drama free PTA/parent groups in ACPS. I'm a Brooks parent and I do not fit in with the older Maury contingent. It was mainly a group of unemployed, overly educated moms who established social hierarchy through their PTA. I wasn't popular or "cool" enough to be invited to their keg and margarita parties and I have a job and didn't go to the neighborhood preschool so I wasn't in it. It seemed like some mean girl BS. There were people who used to be overly interested in the teachers and you could tell the teachers were not really feeling it. Befriending them on social media, tagging them in posts, stating that your younger kids could request the same teachers as their older siblings. It seemed like Mr. Powell really could not stand that contingent. They were the same moms making bank off of us working parents when schools were virtual and we needed someone to help our not yet able to read kindergarteners with Zoom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a non-clique Brooks parent with an older kid (middle school) and a younger kid and the parents of my younger kid’s friends are so much nicer and friendlier than the parents of the older kid’s classmates. It’s been refreshing to see the snobbiness abate as some of the ringleaders’ kids aged out of the school.

My daughter is in HS now but when she was at Maury the moms of her classmates were... something else. It seemed like their entire lives revolved around the school. Most of them were unemployed. They literally met weekly to chime in on the Gala, the Spring Fling, field trips etc.

I always wondered what they were going to do when their kids got older.[/quote

Brooks/Maury mom. Most of these women are no longer in the PTA. There are still some of them at the school and it is funny as they are no longer involved at all. Anything major, like class sizes, they want no part in. They used to have keggers and cliquey parties where you sign-up to drink at their house with their friends. My DH and I went the first year we were at Maury. We both looked at each other and left when they played beer pong or smoked weed. We are so over the Adams Morgan kickball scene of our 20s. There are a group of moms and dads who either WFH or don't work at all who coffee klatch by the flagpole/Brooks sign in the morning. It is so Fing annoying. I am racing to get to my office or on a call and they will still be there for over an hour. Must be nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was having wine with friends last night. Two of them are 'inner circle' ACPS PTA ladies of years past. They still dabble a teeny bit in that world but their kids are HS now. The wine was flowing and one of them said that there is actually an inner sorority type clique that goes back at least until 2008.

Anyone heard of this?

Like an ACPS sorority? For real? These women (assuming they are female identifying) need to get a life!