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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How will GDS new campus compare with Sidwell after both schools consolidate and what will be the timeline for completion for each campus?

Sidwell - 2019-2020
GDS - 2020?

You can look at aerials to compare, but Sidwell will sill have three full-sized playing fields, a complete building for each of LS/MS/US, the new gym that is under the football field and a new lower school gym. GDS will have the campus that has been shown in the drawings, which feature the new LS/MS building and a completely new Arts facility.

They will be comparable campuses, but Sidwell still has more space.

GDS will also have a new playing field! OK, it's three stories in the air above the new lower school building but they can pretend it's Manhattan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Sidwell care about one-upping Gds?

I don't think that they give GDS a lot of thought. However, the reverse apparently doesn't hold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not as much as GDS cares about being one-upped by Sidwell. It's kind of a casual thing.

Anonymous wrote:Does Sidwell care about one-upping Gds?

Can you provide some data for your claim?

[Anonymous]

Look in the mirror. There is your data.

[Anonymous]

Both of you stop. I am a Sidwell parent. I suspect these posters taking shots at GDS are not from Sidwell. But if they are, I apologize on their behalf. That sort of crap is something everyone here discourages in their kids, and it's downright embarrassing when adults do it. Just stop.

[Anonymous]

Don't tell me what to do.

[Anonymous]

I doubt it is a Sidwell parent - it is a thread about the GDS expansion plans. So it is mostly GDS people and neighbors.

[Anonymous]

gds seems to be a pretty ridiculous place. It's needy and greedy all at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Then what is 08:05 doing here?

Anonymous wrote:I doubt it is a Sidwell parent - it is a thread about the GDS expansion plans. So it is mostly GDS people and neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both of you stop. I am a Sidwell parent. I suspect these posters taking shots at GDS are not from Sidwell. But if they are, I apologize on their behalf. That sort of crap is something everyone here discourages in their kids, and it's downright embarrassing when adults do it. Just stop.

You must be new to Sidwell. The Clintons, Obamas and DNC have set the tone for the school and it's a reflection of them: nasty.

[Anonymous]

No it's not. It's very friendly. Did you miss the "Friends" in "Sidwell Friends"? I have to say it really is a nice place to be a parent. And no matter what your politics are, people leave the partisan rancor at the door. I'm sure that's true at most schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both of you stop. I am a Sidwell parent. I suspect these posters taking shots at GDS are not from Sidwell. But if they are, I apologize on their behalf. That sort of crap is something everyone here discourages in their kids, and it's downright embarrassing when adults do it. Just stop.

You must be new to Sidwell. The Clintons, Obamas and DNC have set the tone for the school and it's a reflection of them: nasty.

But weren't the Obamas sold on GDS as their first choice, but then basically forced to choose Sidwell?

[Anonymous]

An impartial perspective on the school's plans is that they are funding needed urban renewal in a pretty blighted neighborhood section. This vibrant win-win could be a game-changer for all concerned: GDS, neighborhood, DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An impartial perspective on the school's plans is that they are funding needed urban renewal in a pretty blighted neighborhood section. This vibrant win-win could be a game-changer for all concerned: GDS, neighborhood, DC.

Nah, that's an ideologue's perspective. "Blighted" neighborhoods in DC don't have a Whole Foods (and lots of other retail), coveted public schools, and houses that sell for $800K+.