Most conservative private school?

[Anonymous]

I'm very liberal, a public school teacher and a public school parent. I would have been appalled if the Obama's had chosen public school for their girls. Imagine trying to keep the girls safe on a public school campus, where playgrounds generally border major streets, admissions is open to anyone who lives in the neighborhood no questions asked, and classes take field trips on the subway or public bus. If the Obama's had chosen to take that kind of risk with their children, or their children's classmates, I would have known that their priorities were fundamentally different from mine.

Having said that, as a liberal (albeit one who works in, and supports charter schools), I don't believe that all children in public schools in this country are well served, there are many schools and classrooms that are failing kids every day and at every moment. I also don't believe that vouchers are the solution. That doesn't make me a hypocrit, it just makes me someone who supports different strategies to a problem we can all agree on.

[Anonymous]

I appreciate the strong statement that Jimmy Carter made by sending his daughter to DC public schools. What kind of pressure would our DC officials feel to improve our schools if the Obamas went to pub school here?
A lot.
That one act - sending his own children to public school might have been a powerful event for national school reform.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate the strong statement that Jimmy Carter made by sending his daughter to DC public schools. What kind of pressure would our DC officials feel to improve our schools if the Obamas went to pub school here?
A lot.
That one act - sending his own children to public school might have been a powerful event for national school reform.

And yet as a parent I do not expect him to sacrifice his children's safety and education for a cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I'm very liberal, a public school teacher and a public school parent. I would have been appalled if the Obama's had chosen public school for their girls. Imagine trying to keep the girls safe on a public school campus, where playgrounds generally border major streets, admissions is open to anyone who lives in the neighborhood no questions asked, and classes take field trips on the subway or public bus. If the Obama's had chosen to take that kind of risk with their children, or their children's classmates, I would have known that their priorities were fundamentally different from mine.

Having said that, as a liberal (albeit one who works in, and supports charter schools), I don't believe that all children in public schools in this country are well served, there are many schools and classrooms that are failing kids every day and at every moment. I also don't believe that vouchers are the solution. That doesn't make me a hypocrit, it just makes me someone who supports different strategies to a problem we can all agree on.

I appreciate your description of yourself as "very liberal" because your post confirms it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I appreciate the strong statement that Jimmy Carter made by sending his daughter to DC public schools. What kind of pressure would our DC officials feel to improve our schools if the Obamas went to pub school here?
A lot.
That one act - sending his own children to public school might have been a powerful event for national school reform.
And yet as a parent I do not expect him to sacrifice his children's safety and education for a cause.
Nor do I....Safety isn't an issue. Education is the real issue and there are lots of kids who do very well in DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I appreciate the strong statement that Jimmy Carter made by sending his daughter to DC public schools. What kind of pressure would our DC officials feel to improve our schools if the Obamas went to pub school here?
A lot.
That one act - sending his own children to public school might have been a powerful event for national school reform.
And yet as a parent I do not expect him to sacrifice his children's safety and education for a cause.
Nor do I....Safety isn't an issue. Education is the real issue and there are lots of kids who do very well in DCPS.

But was that true in the 70's - on both the safety and education front? I was in private school in DC then but I got the impression in those days that the DC schools were not at the level they are now.

[Anonymous]

hahaha .. the DC publics were much better in the 70s pp...that's a good one acting like they are good now

[Anonymous]

How can safety be an issue in the 1970s or the 2011? In each case there is a secret service detail?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:too bad you aren't up for catholic school bc the most conservative schools in the area are opus dei schools like mater dei, the heights and oakcrest. I went to HR and AHC in Kensington and thought they were conservative --- but all the uber-conservative families in K-town send their kids to the heights and oakcrest. personally I'm a bleeding heart liberal, but I haven't noticed conservative families being treated differently at catholic schools in the area fwiw.

Mater Dei is not Opus Dei. Love the people on this site that provide false information.

ABSOLUTELY, Thanks for correcting. I may never trust this site again!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can safety be an issue in the 1970s or the 2011? In each case there is a secret service detail?

Secret service can only do so much. They can't stop a sniper on a rooftop around an urban school. They can't control who moves into the neighborhood, and can enroll their children in the class.

At a school like Sidwell, with bigger grounds and thus more room for them to set up security. They can let Secret Service have access to admissions files, and input in admissions decisions. They simply have more ability to operate, and thus keep the girls safe.

[Anonymous]

Just FYI ... Amy Carter did indeed start at public school, but it was rough for her as well as her classmates because of the security detail that was obviously required. She was quietly transferred to a private school the following year ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just FYI ... Amy Carter did indeed start at public school, but it was rough for her as well as her classmates because of the security detail that was obviously required. She was quietly transferred to a private school the following year ...

Amy transferred from Thompson ("local public school" for 1600 PA Ave.) to Hardy, which is also public.

[Anonymous]

12:54 ... sorry folks. I remember reading what I posted "somewhere" but was unable to find it so was obviously wrong. Thanks, 13:00, for the correction.

[Anonymous]

Catholic schools

[Anonymous]

To address OP's question, the Cathedral schools have enough conservatives that (most) people are judicious about discussing politics. If you want to be in DC, that's about as good as it's going to get!