Sidwell Paid a family $50K and agree to change grades??????????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone summerize this thread. Am I reading this correctly? -

A Nigerian-American couple (Dr and Engineer), wanted to get affirmative action admission for their child in Sidwell but top colleges rejected the student. According to the oarents, they should have been a shoo-in because they were Black. They are now compelling the school to change grades for their student so that the student is more competetive, And the school is paying them 50K to go away. Amirite?

No you are not. Not even close. The school agreed to pay $50k and correct the grades in a separate mediation based on the inaccurate calculation of her math grades. The lawsuit now alleges they failed to do so or did so incorrectly in violation of the agreed upon settlement so that incorrect grades were sent to the colleges. It further alleges that the school then retaliated against her by manipulating her counselor report and not doing a good job helping her apply, including, according to the petition, identifying her as a Nigerian National when she is a US citizen, thereby depriving her of any potential AA.

That’s what they (the family) alleges. They lost at the appeals court and thus the Supreme Court. But Sidwell appears to have admitted that the grades were inaccurately calculated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t blame them if they are trying to highlight that schools push certain kids to certain colleges. I have not seen this kid’s transcript but the fact this child got into UPenn a year
Later should indicate something went wrong at Sidwell. I am not crazy liberal either. I also think people make an issue with URM because more and more it seems as though Asians or white kids have to score higher than certain URM to get into college. I also think even the most liberal of caucasians are tired of reading things like toxic whiteness. I think this fact hurts URM who are scoring higher because they are rightfully annoyed that the perception they didn’t deserve to get in a school. This is the collateral damage of affirmative action and certain fringe anti white groups. Back to original issue-if a parent wants to advocate with laws as they stand then good for them.

I read it as she got into Penn right out of Sidwell with the condition of a gap year, meaning she got in to Penn.

Appears to be a footnote in the petition that says she reapplied the next year and then got into Penn. if you believe that Sidwell did in fact delay the recalculation/correction of her math grades until after her transcript was submitted the first time, this fact is kind of interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No this was about college -they already had kid in Sidwell. This is about how Sidwell decides if they will advocate for your child for college. Many parents including this couple believe that Sidwell basically can help your child or hurt them. There was something to this as they changed grades and paid money after the complaint.

But only after being sued. And the $50K settlement is chump change in lawyer world. And they had to pay attorneys fees and costs to Sidwell, which means the judge or presiding officer felt it was a frivolous lawsuit. That tells me everything.

Two separate proceedings. They sued first over the grades and settled that for $50k plus the corrections. The second suit, the one now that they lost, alleged that Sidwell violated the initial settlement agreement and subsequently retaliated against her.

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Anonymous wrote:ok. just so that i understand - my kid in a STEM magnet in MCPS, gets to pick all the prescribed courses and follow that pathway and also choose a couple of electives ;lilke rest of his classmates. He then needs to do other stuff outside of the school to distinguish himself from his classmates. In Sidwell the counselors prevent you from taking courses so that some kids look better than others. COOL!

You don’t understand. She wasn’t allowed in certain classes because the school said she didn’t get the requisite grade in the prior class. The family said the grades were manipulated by the teachers out of animus towards the daughter. The school settled that and agreed to recalculate.

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Does anyone have the actual decisions in the two proceedings. What we are looking at is just the parents' petition for cert. to the Supreme Court (which most likely will be denied) so is a slanted view of the facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have the actual decisions in the two proceedings. What we are looking at is just the parents' petition for cert. to the Supreme Court (which most likely will be denied) so is a slanted view of the facts.

No decision in the first proceeding. It was a settlement. I doubt they could misrepresent the facts of the settlement in the record. Everything else? Who knows. Some of the deposition quotes are interesting. The reason they are appealing isn’t related to the facts but I think about the standards the appeals court used. I didn’t come away from it thinking that Sidwell behaved all that poorly.

[Anonymous]

Nobody on DCUM really wants to hear that Sidwell acted fairly or at worst clumsily. Doesn’t everyone hear really always want to think they acted poorly? It’s like sharks circling. Weird vibe in the whole thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody on DCUM really wants to hear that Sidwell acted fairly or at worst clumsily. Doesn’t everyone hear really always want to think they acted poorly? It’s like sharks circling. Weird vibe in the whole thread.

Agreed. Also a lot of angry Sidwell defended ranging from circle to smug to offensive.@

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, is the headmaster at sidwell the husband of the admission director at Maret?

No

[Anonymous]

Please....

It is extremely unlikely that the Supreme Court will grant the writ of cert.

The claims here didn't even make it to trial. Sidwell's motion for summary judgment was granted. If you want to see what the lower court thought go to page 20 in this link, and start reading carefully at p.24. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-1356/97268/20190423135448437_Adetu%20Appendix%20E%20File%20Apr%2023%202019.pd

[Anonymous]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-1356/97268/20190423135448437_Adetu%20Appendix%20E%20File%20Apr%2023%202019.pdf

should be link

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody on DCUM really wants to hear that Sidwell acted fairly or at worst clumsily. Doesn’t everyone hear really always want to think they acted poorly? It’s like sharks circling. Weird vibe in the whole thread.

Agreed. Also a lot of angry Sidwell defended ranging from circle to smug to offensive.@

The college counselor who is referenced by the family as being discriminatory is AA, by the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please....

It is extremely unlikely that the Supreme Court will grant the writ of cert.

The claims here didn't even make it to trial. Sidwell's motion for summary judgment was granted. If you want to see what the lower court thought go to page 20 in this link, and start reading carefully at p.24. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-1356/97268/20190423135448437_Adetu%20Appendix%20E%20File%20Apr%2023%202019.pd

+1...no way in hell Supreme Court takes this case

[Anonymous]

These parents are cuckoo...

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of ok colleges with rolling admissions. Why not go to one of those for a year or two and then transfer?