Why does Sidwell seem so hypocritical?

[Anonymous]

Sounds indefensible to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - not sure this is a Sidwell thing. It's more that HS sucks unequal resources/attention in k-12 schools. One big reason why families choose K-8 is that the MS gets attention and is not secondary to the Upper School. Our child is in SFS Upper School and had not meets/games cancelled this year. (although attendance restricted). So it's not just the women's basketball team and I don't think this participation was "just" because it was a high profile, it's HS vs MS.

Disagree about MS vs HS. The basketball program has been operating under a different set of rules throughout covid and appears to have a very different budget too.

LOL whut?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds indefensible to me.

I hereby sentence SFS to 100 years of removal from consideration as a “Big 3” for the crime of being awesome at basketball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have been cancelling meets and games for MS but then they send their US girls' bball team out to Minnesota? When did they become Spire Academy? What happened to equity? I hate that they are all Quaker until the NBA or ESPN comes calling. So hypocritical. And yes, I WENT TO SIDWELL.

and the girls team practiced over the holidays even htough other teams could not

i am an alum and a parent, deeply disturbed by how the school is now trying to become an athletics powerhouse. Donors $$s and college admissions seem to be the motivation. Meanwhile there are no full time art teachers and kids have to choose either CS or Art because the schedules conflict and both are both basically afterthoughts. The school has really lost its way, very sad to see. I mean WTF ramping up the football program and hiring a big name coach.

Indeed, the combination of academic and athletic excellence is disturbing. It’s disturbingly awesome.

[Anonymous]

It’s totally hypocritical OP. If you read the writings of George Fox he’s quite clear that the inward light doesn’t shine on people who good at basketball or people support anyone who is good at basketball. Why it’s almost a sin really.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell has always recruited for sports. Not a surprise really.

[Anonymous]

I don't see the issue...not into sports so I don't understand. They want to go only to a big game or a game that would benefit their students? I know our private has strict covid rules for athletes.

[Anonymous]

Look, we are a Sidwell family but we always joke that the school is Quaker when it is convenient and otherwise the administration acts decidedly not Quaker.
It is what it is. Our kids are getting a good education. GDS, etc., are also hypocritical in many ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have been cancelling meets and games for MS but then they send their US girls' bball team out to Minnesota? When did they become Spire Academy? What happened to equity? I hate that they are all Quaker until the NBA or ESPN comes calling. So hypocritical. And yes, I WENT TO SIDWELL.

and the girls team practiced over the holidays even htough other teams could not

i am an alum and a parent, deeply disturbed by how the school is now trying to become an athletics powerhouse. Donors $$s and college admissions seem to be the motivation. Meanwhile there are no full time art teachers and kids have to choose either CS or Art because the schedules conflict and both are both basically afterthoughts. The school has really lost its way, very sad to see. I mean WTF ramping up the football program and hiring a big name coach.

It's not "trying" to become a powerhouse. The boys basketball team is as it has been for years. The girls team has a new coach after decades of the old one. Coaching matters. Talent matters. The AD is fantastic and gets the ability for talented kids who work hard in the classroom and with their sport. He has hired coaches who actually care, and teach their crafts through both Middle and Upper School. As a result, ALL of the sports are doing better.

And to the OP, the issue is MS versus US. It is also likely that other MS doesn't want the kids playing other schools and SFS is a casualty of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have been cancelling meets and games for MS but then they send their US girls' bball team out to Minnesota? When did they become Spire Academy? What happened to equity? I hate that they are all Quaker until the NBA or ESPN comes calling. So hypocritical. And yes, I WENT TO SIDWELL.

and the girls team practiced over the holidays even htough other teams could not

i am an alum and a parent, deeply disturbed by how the school is now trying to become an athletics powerhouse. Donors $$s and college admissions seem to be the motivation. Meanwhile there are no full time art teachers and kids have to choose either CS or Art because the schedules conflict and both are both basically afterthoughts. The school has really lost its way, very sad to see. I mean WTF ramping up the football program and hiring a big name coach.

They have to choose between CS and Art because of the requirements and the way the schedules work. It has nothing to do with money.

And to the art teachers, most of them are professional, full time artists who want the flexibility and stability to practice what they teach, while also teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have been cancelling meets and games for MS but then they send their US girls' bball team out to Minnesota? When did they become Spire Academy? What happened to equity? I hate that they are all Quaker until the NBA or ESPN comes calling. So hypocritical. And yes, I WENT TO SIDWELL.

How is it hypocritical to want kids with different talents to excel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP et al — do you ever get tired of being so insufferable? Why do we all have to be subject to your vituperative whining week after week? Is there an ETA on when you meet your dignity and get over perceived slights from school that are fueling this massively stretched nonsense you keep spinning? Just go away. Literally no one else cares or likes what you have to say.

Oh look, it's the DCUM Sidwell post police, back to making personal attacks on posters and purporting to speak for the entire community. Go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP et al — do you ever get tired of being so insufferable? Why do we all have to be subject to your vituperative whining week after week? Is there an ETA on when you meet your dignity and get over perceived slights from school that are fueling this massively stretched nonsense you keep spinning? Just go away. Literally no one else cares or likes what you have to say.

Totally agree. Why do people trash their schools? Really stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP et al — do you ever get tired of being so insufferable? Why do we all have to be subject to your vituperative whining week after week? Is there an ETA on when you meet your dignity and get over perceived slights from school that are fueling this massively stretched nonsense you keep spinning? Just go away. Literally no one else cares or likes what you have to say.

Totally agree. Why do people trash their schools? Really stupid.

Just a thought: Maybe they believe it's the best and/or only way to start a discussion about a topic that they believe is important? And they understand that this message board is a forum for discussion about topics related to independent schools?

Why do people spend their time reading and commenting on message board posts that they think are really stupid?

[Anonymous]

if this were really an issue, bring it up at a parent coffee. DCUM is the worst place to do it.