Social climate at Georgetown Day School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the attacks. Either you understand/relate to a progressive curriculum or you don't. If you don't, no need to send your children there - there are plenty of other schools out there. To each their own.

To the student who posted - sorry that some adults do not behave with more kindness on these posts. I think you represented yourself well, and that is all you can control. My children in preschool attend a school where they call the teachers by their first name - I am also baffled by the obsession with that.

+1. Likewise for my child and its really a non-issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another poster mentioned bullying. I want to add to that comment. From my experience and those of several friends, bullying can be badly mismanaged at GDS. There is a reluctance to call a spade a spade, and to deal with the issue in a timely and appropriate manner. The victims and their families can be left cold dealing with it and recovering essentially on their own because of this reluctance. On the plus side, there isn't a lot of bullying. But when it happens, god help the victim because GDS will not.

I am a current GDS mom confirming that this case is true. GDS is mismanaging the bullying of my child and if they have a bullying policy it is not enforced.

[Anonymous]

If he can’t hack GDS, which is super soft, then the real world is out of the question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so sorry to see that people that reply to these posts know nothing about what they are talking about. After attending ONE open house I can answer the first name question. It has nothing to do with a lack of respect or trying to insinuate that all adults are equal. When GDS was founded, as the first intergrated school in DC, all black americans had to address whites as Mr. and Mrs. - regardless of roles. This school decided that everyone would call each other by thier first names to avoid the racist conotations of salutations. Please do your research people before you anser these questions. Just saying mr or mrs does not in anyway teach respect - its a facade. respect is taught in many ways. My children call some of my friends by thier first names, and other people they don't know by mr and mrs. Do you really think this means they don't respect my friends? I am sorry that you are so close minded. And those kids don't drink coffee in middle school. If you are trying to diss GDS, your going to have to try harder than that.

Very well said.