Most conservative private school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The one and only big-time R. family I know sends their kids to Nat'l Presbyterian. they also liked Beauvoir.

I know for a fact they have their eye on St.A, but it's too early to tell if DS would get in, or when.

Interestingly, the big-time R family we know goes to Sidwell.

But we also know many southern republicans at St. Patrick's. They seem to hang out together. They feel very passionate about being conservative, but they don't work in politics.

[Anonymous]

Look at Landon and Georgetown Prep. Also Gonzaga. I know you said you are weary of Catholic schools, but take a look.

[Anonymous]

Hmm. I think that you should examine what kind of 'R' you are. Fiscally conservative only? Socially conservative? The missions of many of the independent schools may conflict with the world-view of the Republican Party Platform, and I think that is a legit reason to study each school carefully.

[Anonymous]

Funny, it seems to me that the missions of most private schools (separating rich from poor, providing unequal access to educational resources) seems to be more of a Republican thing than a Democratic thing. So I think you'll be o.k. anywhere except public.

[Anonymous]

I think WES is pretty conservative.

[Anonymous]

Landon seems to be your number one choice because it doesn't have religion. The only problem is that it doesn't have moral values either.

[Anonymous]

9:42

Here's a New Year's resolution for you:

Give up your hate for Landon. It is so tiresome to keep seeing your posts that have no relation to the topic just to slam Landon. You will be a much happier person.

[Anonymous]

I would say that St. Patrick's has about a 50/50 split.

Teachers/admin. at St. Patrick's are predominantly Democrats.

We are die hard liberals and feel perfectly at home at St. Patrick's. Die hard Republicans will probably tell you the same thing.

[Anonymous]

I know Rs who send their kids to the Cathedral Schools, as well as National Presbyterian in DC. Potomac and SSSAS in Virginia.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I would say fiscal conservative mostly, very light if at all on the social conservatism side. We've just been told that we wouldn't be happy trying to get in to Maret or GDS by people, how about Lowell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I would say fiscal conservative mostly, very light if at all on the social conservatism side. We've just been told that we wouldn't be happy trying to get in to Maret or GDS by people, how about Lowell?

I think GDS and Maret would totally be fine. Same with Lowell. I think you should look mostly at what kind of learner your child is, what kind of structure do they thrive in, and then go from there. If your child needs more structure in the classroom and demerits and calling teachers by titles/names, then there are schools that fit that, and the same can be said for schools with a more relaxed atmosphere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I would say fiscal conservative mostly, very light if at all on the social conservatism side. We've just been told that we wouldn't be happy trying to get in to Maret or GDS by people, how about Lowell?

Well, if you lean libertarian consider GDS. Not sure about Maret. My husband is a right leaning libertarian and I am left leaning. We looked at GDS and I think it would only be difficult for a socially conservative R. I would consider it for a older kid, but I thought the school was a little too PC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I would say fiscal conservative mostly, very light if at all on the social conservatism side. We've just been told that we wouldn't be happy trying to get in to Maret or GDS by people, how about Lowell?

I don't know you, but I'd think that so long as your social conservative views are relatively moderate (or maybe even libertarian), you're going to get along fine at any school, including GDS and Maret. I don't imagine that many schools spend loads of time discussing debt reduction and free trade, or will even really care what you think about those topics. By contrast, if you're going to get agitated about the school studying the life lessons of MLK, or about the school being open and accepting toward children with two mommies, or about the school preaching energy conservation, or other topics like that, then I suspect most schools in the DC area are going to give you heartburn. But that doesn't sound like you so far.

Like I said, I don't know you, but my advice would be to look for a school where you like the people and the opportunities for your children. Leave your politics at home. You don't have to agree with everything your child hears at school, and maybe it's good that you don't! (Bias alert: I recognize it's easy for me to think this way because I mostly don't care what other individuals think about social issues. And when I do care, I generally find myself agreeing more often with the moderate Ds than the conservative Rs, which is consistent with most schools in the DC area. Maybe if you are really socially conservative, you will feel personally offended by some of the things I consider mainstream enough not to care about. If that's the case, you can ignore everything I just wrote.)

Good luck.

SAM2

[Anonymous]

I think that all the families who send their kids to private schools are pretty similar, even if some consider themselves Democrat and some consider themselves Republican. I live in McLean, and we have a mix of both, and its hard to tell which is which. They're all rich lol.

[Anonymous]

I know Republicans at each of the schools mentioned.