Are rich/connected kids given special treatment?

[Anonymous]

Do you think students from very rich families and/or big donors get preferential treatment at your school? Better grades that may not be earned? Better recommendations to colleges?, etc.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

In terms of admission and wrt governance and special events, yes. Grades and recs, no. Discipline, maybe. Sports, I have no idea (not a school that's an athletic powerhouse).

[Anonymous]

Ditto 11:14, with no preference in sports either (I think the coaches are the last people to know what various parents do).

[Anonymous]

Always.

[Anonymous]

Most definitely.

[Anonymous]

Wasn't it Cheneys grandson who got bumped from Sidwell into Georgetown or something like that?

[Anonymous]

Of course.

[Anonymous]

can we please not talk about someone's kids..I don't care who their parents are.

[Anonymous]

At my daughter's private school the wealthy parents on the board (seated on stage with the graduates) all saw fit to give their children hugs and kisses as they received their diplomas. One woman even marched from her seat up the stairs and on to the stage to personally congratulate her daughter. As one of my friends noted, "Now we understand who owns the school".

[Anonymous]

Yes, they are the kids who are in all the photos on the school website, the teachers pets and the ones chosen to do special things in class. Not all the wealthy kids, but a select few, whose parents have the teachers and principal by the balls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, they are the kids who are in all the photos on the school website, the teachers pets and the ones chosen to do special things in class. Not all the wealthy kids, but a select few, whose parents have the teachers and principal by the balls.

It's not the teachers, it's the administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my daughter's private school the wealthy parents on the board (seated on stage with the graduates) all saw fit to give their children hugs and kisses as they received their diplomas. One woman even marched from her seat up the stairs and on to the stage to personally congratulate her daughter. As one of my friends noted, "Now we understand who owns the school".

Do you really think that's inappropriate? I see nothing wrong with it - if you're on the stage, why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At my daughter's private school the wealthy parents on the board (seated on stage with the graduates) all saw fit to give their children hugs and kisses as they received their diplomas. One woman even marched from her seat up the stairs and on to the stage to personally congratulate her daughter. As one of my friends noted, "Now we understand who owns the school".

Do you really think that's inappropriate? I see nothing wrong with it - if you're on the stage, why not?

LOL!

[Anonymous]

That is pretty funny!