prestigious school, 2 moms, Black child?
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Anonymous
| New DCUM poster here — looking for a great, strongly academic private school with DEI programming + a general school culture supportive of our status as a multiracial two mom family. Cost not a problem but we’re in Georgetown and proximity to home is a plus. Everyone says GDS but we’ve heard concerns about rigor — warranted? |
Anonymous
| OP here — I forgot to add DS is 3, so we’re looking at kindergarten admissions. K-12 would be great but we’re open to elementary only. |
Anonymous
| What does rigor mean to you in kindergarten? |
Anonymous
| In K at my kids school they were learning to read CVC, count, tons of play, and lots of stations and carpet time. This was a while a go and they are very successful now. A lot changes for your kid in elementary. Focus on whole child nourishment and help you child become who they need to be. No school should be rigorous at K. |
Anonymous
| … presumably they are thinking long term with the rigor comment |
Anonymous
There is no way they can know at 3 years old how much rigor will be appropriate in high school. |
Anonymous
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Every school will be thrilled to admit you and then the community will quietly boast about its diversity, and figure out subtle ways to bring up your family's presence when noting examples of said diversity.
GDS is fine and certainly very DEI focused. You should also look at Sidwell, Maret, Beauvoir, St. Pat's, too. At Kindergarten prioritizing proximity to your home is essential. |
Anonymous
Sure, but you can at least want the options available. Not OP, but for example I personally wouldn't pick a K-8 or K-12 that didn't at least have the option for geometry in eighth, which is the case for some area privates. Sure maybe my kid will end up in algebra 1 anyway, but I'd hate to not have the option if she's a strong math student. |
Anonymous
And do they think GDS will have too little or too much rigor? I'm so confused. |
Anonymous
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Your kids need a nurturing “school” right now. Not “rigor”.
Smh Come back in 10 years. |
Anonymous
| According to their title, they care about prestige more than anything else. Not sure why you need prestige for kindergarten. |
Anonymous
It makes me think troll, hitting all the high points: DEI, rigor, prestige. |
Anonymous
| If my kids' Deep South former segregation academy private didn't care about the multiple black LGBT families, GDS won't. FFS. Troll harder. |
Anonymous
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You want a school that best fits your child’s learning style and temperament. A school that fits in K really may not fit in middle or high school. Don’t necessarily think so long term. And agree K doesn’t need rigor they need nurturing and validation. Private schools that look a “certain way” in their marketing often don’t live up to the hype in my experience.
Black mom HS Jr. |
Anonymous
*temperment |