Beauvoir Head has resigned with over a year's advance notice

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

NP.

Oh, God. Another effing Millennial.

There are tiers within the private schools in this area. Anyone who knows the private schools in this area knows that. Check out the sticky at the top of this forum. The best schools are generally recognized to be Sidwell, NCS/STA, and GDS. That’s been true for a long time.

Knowing how a school ranks up against other schools is not denigrating it. That’s like saying that someone winning first prize denigrates the second prize winner.

Your Millennial sense that it’s wrong to rank and acknowledge achievement is so effed up. Thank God the generation after you is different.

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I thought it was about finding the best fit for your child. But it’s really about rankings and looking down on others from your lofty perch.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was about finding the best fit for your child. But it’s really about rankings and looking down on others from your lofty perch.

The best fit for my child is a school that can offer her entry into the best colleges. Then we start talking about culture and approach, of which there is diversity in the top tier.

No way am I paying over a half million so my gifted kid can go to Dennison. Education is about life opportunities, baby.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

Aren’t parents a child’s first teachers? Don’t certain schools attract certain types of parents?

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

Aren’t parents a child’s first teachers? Don’t certain schools attract certain types of parents?

Nice try.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

Aren’t parents a child’s first teachers? Don’t certain schools attract certain types of parents?

Nice try.

Why wouldn’t parents reflect the education offered to their children?

[Anonymous]

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Untrue. They’re many Beauvoir families who are fleeing and not getting into their top choice. Board members have pulled their kids. We’ve seen several Beauvoir PreK and K families at open houses. The new HOS may be great, but current parents and others know the truth. It will take time for the new HOS to leave her mark. Don’t believe the lies about the school being stable. Beauvoir and the Cathedral schools are in damage control mode. They already lost one HOS at NCS and have various legal issues (both private and public-search DC Superior Court). Why would a school sue a parent?!? God forbid the current HOS departs. That’d be three Heads in the last three years. As we saw with the thread about St Albans, the Cathedral Schools PR will shut down a popular DCUM thread quickly if it tells the truth about what’s going on. There are many concerned parents paying $35k to educate their 4-9 year old. Many are exploring all options because the preparation for Grade 4 is not strong. Kids leave without a strong math foundation. Ask around, you’ll learn that many parents tutor their DS or DD so that they can leave to a decent school. Do not apply if you are not willing to supplement and tutor. That’s the only way to ensure your child ends up with a great education. Unfortunately, the outplacement results are due to tutoring and not the learning that happens in school. Look beyond the awesome playground and ask the tough questions. Hopefully, they will tell the truth.

In honor of MLK - Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr.

So many lies. No, Beauvoir families are not “fleeing.” There were families on both sides of the conflict created by the previous HOS that left. One of the families that left for Maret was close to the former HOS and didn’t like the way she was treated. A few other families left because they disliked her. One family transferred at second grade because there was an opening at a highly competitive school that an older sibling was already attending.

Some board members were angry because their children or children close to them did not get into STA. A group of boys on their admissions visit at STA started a spitting war and were rude when asked to stop.

The insinuation about legal issues is ridiculous. Every private school has cases against parents for.... drumroll... NONPAYMENT.

The change of HOSes across the Close is generational. Paula Carreiro retired after 21 years as Beauvoir’s head. Kathleen O’Neill Jamieson has been HOS at NCS for 16 years and is of retirement age. Vance Wilson retired after 19 years as HOS at STA. These three were/are strong leaders.

The last HOS at Beauvoir was, in one word, divisive. Her tenure coincided with one of the weakest board chairs in Beauvoir history. There was a lot of turbulence for a couple of years, but Beauvoir the institution is stronger than one individual. The school has recovered its balance. The new HOS is incredible.

2016-2017 was a bad year for outplacement due to the outplacement counselor being hired without respect for skills and qualifications needed for the job. The STA spitting war happened that year. Poor woman was completely out of her depth which to her credit she recognized. She returned to teaching.

There are anxious, competitive families that compulsively supplement. Is it necessary for your child to do well and go on to NCS/STA? No. Most of the school doesn’t supplement academically; only about a quarter do.

Anxiety was stoked by the atypical 2016-2017 year. The families who didn’t get into their first choice schools complained loudly about their kids not being prepared. Some families refused to listen to the outplacement director when she told them their child needed to consider options other than NCS/STA. They blamed the school when they didn’t get in. The counselor lacked the assertiveness to push back on parents who thought being at Beauvoir had bought them entry to NCS/STA.

Beauvoir does well by its children, but no school can make a child of average intelligence gifted or control an entitled child’s behavior while being evaluated for admission.

The 2017-2018 placement was back to Beauvoir’s historical norms.

Ironic that you’d quote MLK in a post full of hate and lies.

“No, violence is not the way. Hate is not the way. Bitterness is not the way. We must stand up with love in our hearts, with a lack of bitterness and yet a determination to protest courageously for justice and freedom in this land.”

That is a lot of drama.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

Aren’t parents a child’s first teachers? Don’t certain schools attract certain types of parents?

Nice try.

Why wouldn’t parents reflect the education offered to their children?

well, let’s take a look at Beauvoir,z shall we?

Beauvoir: teaches kids to be nice, inclusive, respectful, responsible, honest. Responsive classroom, respect for every child, playful, focused on keeping kids kids.

Beauvoir parents: anxious, competitive, cliques formed by income groups, want Beauvoir to push kids harder, rumor-mongering

Do the parents reflect the education given to the kids — NOT. That’s true of most private schools. The kids are taught by middle class teachers. The parents are upper middle class to upper class. Different world views.

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That is a lot of drama.

All schools - public and private - have drama. My friend at public school deals with drama that puts Beauvoir’s in the dust.

I will say the last HOS thrived on creating conflict and drama.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

Aren’t parents a child’s first teachers? Don’t certain schools attract certain types of parents?

Nice try.

Why wouldn’t parents reflect the education offered to their children?

well, let’s take a look at Beauvoir,z shall we?

Beauvoir: teaches kids to be nice, inclusive, respectful, responsible, honest. Responsive classroom, respect for every child, playful, focused on keeping kids kids.

Beauvoir parents: anxious, competitive, cliques formed by income groups, want Beauvoir to push kids harder, rumor-mongering

Do the parents reflect the education given to the kids — NOT. That’s true of most private schools. The kids are taught by middle class teachers. The parents are upper middle class to upper class. Different world views.

These remarks tell me all I need to know about Beauvoir parents. Teachers are beneath the parents in terms of class and therefore world views. Other schools are second tier compared to Cathedral schools. I hope Beauvoir kids turn out better than their parents.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

Aren’t parents a child’s first teachers? Don’t certain schools attract certain types of parents?

Nice try.

Why wouldn’t parents reflect the education offered to their children?

well, let’s take a look at Beauvoir,z shall we?

Beauvoir: teaches kids to be nice, inclusive, respectful, responsible, honest. Responsive classroom, respect for every child, playful, focused on keeping kids kids.

Beauvoir parents: anxious, competitive, cliques formed by income groups, want Beauvoir to push kids harder, rumor-mongering

Do the parents reflect the education given to the kids — NOT. That’s true of most private schools. The kids are taught by middle class teachers. The parents are upper middle class to upper class. Different world views.

These remarks tell me all I need to know about Beauvoir parents. Teachers are beneath the parents in terms of class and therefore world views. Other schools are second tier compared to Cathedral schools. I hope Beauvoir kids turn out better than their parents.

NP. PP, I think you misunderstood the post.

Having a different world view does not necessarily imply being lesser. If you look at the the text closely, the post suggests that the teachers are the ones who are better. I’d have to agree.

Of course there are different word views between a pharmaceutical,lobbyist and someone who chooses their time teaching kids. Who would you rather have a BBQ with? Me, the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Why did someone revive this thread from 2012? It isn’t pertinent to now as the head of school if the thread is long gone and they now have a new head that is doing well and is very well liked.

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Someone should start a thread on hot “BVR” moms!

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me already with your first sentence. A credible and secure parent would not start off by denigrating other schools. If this is the kind of education that Beauvoir/Cathedral schools offer, no wonder the schools have law suits coming out of their yazoo. No thank you!

Why would you assume that parents reflect the education offered to children? That’s pretty dim-witted.

Aren’t parents a child’s first teachers? Don’t certain schools attract certain types of parents?

Nice try.

Why wouldn’t parents reflect the education offered to their children?

well, let’s take a look at Beauvoir,z shall we?

Beauvoir: teaches kids to be nice, inclusive, respectful, responsible, honest. Responsive classroom, respect for every child, playful, focused on keeping kids kids.

Beauvoir parents: anxious, competitive, cliques formed by income groups, want Beauvoir to push kids harder, rumor-mongering

Do the parents reflect the education given to the kids — NOT. That’s true of most private schools. The kids are taught by middle class teachers. The parents are upper middle class to upper class. Different world views.

Just a few things. I have kids at the school and kids who have graduated and are thriving at the close with no extra support. We like that Beauvoir let’s kids be kids and the lack of pressure, ie no tests manageable homework. We’ve found the parents generally nice with little no no drama. I’ve been surprised but some of the negative things posted. That hasn’t been our experience