Choosing not to go to Beauvoir

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Anonymous wrote:Haha. Yes. Strictly out of kindness...

Actually it was out of kindness, as they were excited to share their new playground. Sorry you are so cynical you couldn't imagine that.

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Anonymous wrote:Haha. Yes. Strictly out of kindness...

Actually it was out of kindness, as they were excited to share their new playground. Sorry you are so cynical you couldn't imagine that.

If you live in the neighborhood you know the back story. Sorry to burst your bubble, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Irrelevant

Well the poster said it was open to the neighborhood but the cars there mostly were from va and md and not thrilled to have my child go sit on the bloody bench and equipment tomorrow that was never cleaned up and just left there. Sounds relevant to me.

It's "irrelevant" that the immediate neighbors personally hashed out the agreement with Beauvoir lawyers to open the facilities to the public, and yet BOTH the neighbors AND not-neighbors are allowed in. Even though those not-neighbors didn't themselves pay the land-use attorney hired by the neighbors in mid-2000s. Follow along. And urge your facilities guy to make a sweep of the play space every Monday morning before arrival time.

that's what occurs at my son's private DC school that opens its grounds to the public on the weekends

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Anonymous wrote:Irrelevant

Well the poster said it was open to the neighborhood but the cars there mostly were from va and md and not thrilled to have my child go sit on the bloody bench and equipment tomorrow that was never cleaned up and just left there. Sounds relevant to me.

It's "irrelevant" that the immediate neighbors personally hashed out the agreement with Beauvoir lawyers to open the facilities to the public, and yet BOTH the neighbors AND not-neighbors are allowed in. Even though those not-neighbors didn't themselves pay the land-use attorney hired by the neighbors in mid-2000s. Follow along. And urge your facilities guy to make a sweep of the play space every Monday morning before arrival time.

that's what occurs at my son's private DC school that opens its grounds to the public on the weekends

I can't imagine that all of the immediate neighbors of Beauvoir care that much about the playground. I mean, do all of those people have small children? No. Even those with small children, the kids won't want to play on a playground forever. The playground is a very nice, generous to the city
(Though I would argue that the city may have benefitted more if that $6mlion had been invested in scholarships or building a free
School in a needy neighborhood) doesn't it recruitment tool. You don't build a $6 million playground for nothing. Also,
Gross! With the bloody noses.

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What?

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Anonymous wrote:The moms appeared to bring all their old squabbles to STA. I remained neutral and listened to a lot of gossip over the years. Other than that (lol) I think the kids received a great education. If you plan on using the parents from your child's school as your social circle I suggest you don't send your son their. These mom's hold petty grudges for years.

Beauvoir parents are closer than you may think and there is a bond there regardless of what you may hear and think. When times are tough or things have happened, I always count on the Beauvoir parents that I have known for years. You many be getting a glimpse into something but are not seeing the whole picture. People may complain at times but it doesn't mean they are not close and that when you need them, they do the right thing time and time again.

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Anonymous wrote:Haha. Yes. Strictly out of kindness...

Actually it was out of kindness, as they were excited to share their new playground. Sorry you are so cynical you couldn't imagine that.

If you live in the neighborhood you know the back story. Sorry to burst your bubble, PP.

I live in the neighborhood and am familiar with how things happened. You are incorrect.

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Well the poster said it was open to the neighborhood but the cars there mostly were from va and md and not thrilled to have my child go sit on the bloody bench and equipment tomorrow that was never cleaned up and just left there. Sounds relevant to me.

Not at all. It's open to the public to appease the neighbors. They have no control over who uses it once word gets out.

I don't know anything about the playground at Beauvoir but what exactly should they do about who uses it on the weekend? provide a playground monitor? Some people are pigs. We've left many a playground for some of the same reasons.

Exactly. I'm sure they would prefer not to keep it open for these very reasons. But when you constantly have neighborhood/ parking/ traffic issues to address you do anything you can to keep the vocal complainers in check

The school made the very conscious decision to open its playground to everyone because it was viewed as a kind thing to do, not due to pressure or requests from neighbors or anyone else.

Have you tried to use Sidwell's playground or access the campus on the weekend? I did once and was approached by security letting us know it was private property.

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Anonymous wrote:As a lower middle class recipient of FA, I would like to point out the FA is not just for the family and child; the reason the top schools give generous financial aid is to attract students who can make a big contribution to their communities bringing diversity (racial, ethnic, cultural and economic), high intellect, leadership capacities, empathy and in some cases special talents and abilities. If the community did not have such students the learning environment would not be as good for all students.

Can I ask you what your HHI is and what % of FA do you get?[/quote. This is for Upper School. Our income is about 95k I realize on the real world this is not lower middle class but it is in the world of the Big 3. We get about 65 percent FA it has increased each year as tuition has gone up. We live on a lower income part of Maryland. Our house is worth about 300 k. Our DC is now a senior and has been accepted to a great college EA. Another college has offered a full tuition scholarship. We have another child also on FA in a different school. I know I will get critiqued for saying this but although we are thankful for the great education DC has gotten, DC has done an amazing amount for the school. The
School was lucky to have DC. DC is a campus leader with an demonstratable impact on several aspects of the school winning several prestigious awards during past years.