What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?

[Anonymous]

New to the school this year. The HOS is great and impressive. Very strong. Huge loss if she leaves. Hope it isn’t true.

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Anonymous wrote:New to the school this year. The HOS is great and impressive. Very strong. Huge loss if she leaves. Hope it isn’t true.

Nothing special. They all run their course.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't overdo it. She's not that popular and the word I heard is that some expect her to retire after the new building is open.

Isn't it open already? Or you mean officially open to students which I guess would be this fall.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a good mix-maybe leaning conservative-in SR families but the HOS seems to be trying to push SR way to the left. She must know many parents are against it bc she’s trying to hide it. Her lame email tonight didn’t help. I hope enough parents speak out to save SR from becoming just another one of many ultraliberal DC private schools. I’m not criticizing liberal schools, but we should be able to have a few top schools that are conservative or at least politically neutral as well.

There’s much to love about SR. If we can get this one issue fixed I’d recommend it highly.

Totally agree with you.

You pay a fortune to send you kids there. Csn you recall the HOS? St. Bart's successfully accomplished this a few years ago I think.

The head of school is wonderful, she has the full support of the board, other alums, the faculty, major donors, and most parents. The idea that someone would recall her over promoting diversity, as all of our peer institutions are doing and the network of Sacred Heart schools strongly encourages, is ridiculous. If you really don't want your daughter exposed to any diversity programming this is not the school for you.

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Anonymous wrote:New to the school this year. The HOS is great and impressive. Very strong. Huge loss if she leaves. Hope it isn’t true.

That's what everyone thinks at first. Wait a bit and you'll find the shine fades.

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Anonymous wrote:New to the school this year. The HOS is great and impressive. Very strong. Huge loss if she leaves. Hope it isn’t true.

That's what everyone thinks at first. Wait a bit and you'll find the shine fades.

We've been there for a decade and still love the school, I've been impressed at how they've helped my daughters grow and develop intellectually, spiritually, and socially. The HOS has really shown strong leadership.

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Anonymous wrote:New to the school this year. The HOS is great and impressive. Very strong. Huge loss if she leaves. Hope it isn’t true.

That's what everyone thinks at first. Wait a bit and you'll find the shine fades.

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[Anonymous]

Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

Thanks for your perspective PP. Are you opposed to the overall DEI effort by SR, or just the particular Multicultural Festival breakout groups that have caused concern among some families?

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

Thanks for your perspective PP. Are you opposed to the overall DEI effort by SR, or just the particular Multicultural Festival breakout groups that have caused concern among some families?

This sounds like a PR person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

Thanks for your perspective PP. Are you opposed to the overall DEI effort by SR, or just the particular Multicultural Festival breakout groups that have caused concern among some families?

This sounds like a PR person.

I wrote the post and I am absolutely not a PR person.

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

Thanks for your perspective PP. Are you opposed to the overall DEI effort by SR, or just the particular Multicultural Festival breakout groups that have caused concern among some families?

This sounds like a PR person.

I wrote the post and I am absolutely not a PR person.

Then what are your thoughts on the issues you presented?

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

Thanks for your perspective PP. Are you opposed to the overall DEI effort by SR, or just the particular Multicultural Festival breakout groups that have caused concern among some families?

This sounds like a PR person.

I wrote the post and I am absolutely not a PR person.

Then what are your thoughts on the issues you presented?

I think the DEI effort that SR has undertaken is important, especially in light of the feedback they received from their students and alumni of color last summer. I think the Better Together discussions among parents they have conducted have been good, but there hasn't been one for awhile and i wish more parents participated. My DD is a 9th grader and participated in the Multicultural Festival and thought it was good. She was in a White Accountability group and did not feel threatened - she said she learned a lot and it helped her appreciate the history of white privilege in our country. The students themselves help lead the DEI efforts in the Upper School too, so they have a voice in the process.

Like anything else, there is always room for improvement, and not everyone is going to like it. But I think they have made a good faith effort to do better than they have in the past and work to make the school more cognizant of the need to be more inclusive.

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge is a great school...my daughter loves it! They need to stop with the Critical Race Theory poison. All that does is create division where none exists. I’m a minority just to let you know.

Thanks for your perspective PP. Are you opposed to the overall DEI effort by SR, or just the particular Multicultural Festival breakout groups that have caused concern among some families?

This sounds like a PR person.

I wrote the post and I am absolutely not a PR person.

Then what are your thoughts on the issues you presented?

I think the DEI effort that SR has undertaken is important, especially in light of the feedback they received from their students and alumni of color last summer. I think the Better Together discussions among parents they have conducted have been good, but there hasn't been one for awhile and i wish more parents participated. My DD is a 9th grader and participated in the Multicultural Festival and thought it was good. She was in a White Accountability group and did not feel threatened - she said she learned a lot and it helped her appreciate the history of white privilege in our country. The students themselves help lead the DEI efforts in the Upper School too, so they have a voice in the process.

Like anything else, there is always room for improvement, and not everyone is going to like it. But I think they have made a good faith effort to do better than they have in the past and work to make the school more cognizant of the need to be more inclusive.

sounds like a great way of approaching things like this