Preschool drama in Brooklyn Heights

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gentrification is real.

Brooklyn Heights has always been upscale. I know tons of people who grew up there and all fit the old school WASP mode that the article mentions. Pretty sure all attended Grace Church and I know that all went on to Packer or St Ann’s. It’s a lovely area and was a lovely community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gentrification is real.

Brooklyn Heights has always been upscale. I know tons of people who grew up there and all fit the old school WASP mode that the article mentions. Pretty sure all attended Grace Church and I know that all went on to Packer or St Ann’s. It’s a lovely area and was a lovely community.

LOL. It was a joke. No doubt, though, there's a different kind of rich living in Brooklyn these days. My DH grew up in the Heights, went to St. Ann's, and actually knows Hope. He says she's extraordinarily nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gentrification is real.

Brooklyn Heights has always been upscale. I know tons of people who grew up there and all fit the old school WASP mode that the article mentions. Pretty sure all attended Grace Church and I know that all went on to Packer or St Ann’s. It’s a lovely area and was a lovely community.

LOL. It was a joke. No doubt, though, there's a different kind of rich living in Brooklyn these days. My DH grew up in the Heights, went to St. Ann's, and actually knows Hope. He says she's extraordinarily nice.

Ohhhh, ask him about the aftermath of this article! Also, apparently the author of this article has had several other stories optioned for movies or miniseries, so please ask your DH who Hope would like to portray her when it hits Netflix!

[Anonymous]

That article is spot on about Bank Street Brides. lol

[Anonymous]

I had no idea there are grown up women out there named Hatsy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen the documentary Nursery University? Reminds me of that. Yes, could absolutely be made into a film.

Yes! I saw it last year. There is another good one about kindergarten admissions in NYC called "Getting In." I found it in segments on You Tube.

[Anonymous]

It does make one wonder why Morgano was hired in the first place. I suspect I would have enjoyed the Hope Prosky Grace School more but I do wonder what the reasons were for getting someone very different.

[Anonymous]

I moved from NYC to DC 10 years ago. My kid was 15 months. I called every private school in DC to arrange a tour and "visit". They were all very nice but EVERY single one said, "you're a bit early in the process". I was like... "wait. you mean I can actually wait until the actual admissions season!"

LOLOLOLOLOL. I felt like a complete idiot but I sure did bring my NYC sensibilities with me to DC. One Admissions Director remembered me when I applied FOUR YEARS later. She wrote me a nice note and said that she was really tickled that I was so eager.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It does make one wonder why Morgano was hired in the first place. I suspect I would have enjoyed the Hope Prosky Grace School more but I do wonder what the reasons were for getting someone very different.

They wanted to modernize and inject a little more rigor into the educational part of the school. Morgano had a solid record.

Entertaining read, but I found the whole thing entirely predictable. Morgano's mistake was thinking that radical change was welcome and not involving the teachers in making the changes.

Also, the quote from "Pat" at the end was fascinating. I think firing her was probably the right decision based on that.

[Anonymous]

What's remarkable is no one in this story comes off looking good. I'm not sure what, if any, benefit all of this drama there was for the children in the program. Although, there's a certain schadenfreude to reading about the panic on kindergarten admissions among these super high-rollers with ample connections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does make one wonder why Morgano was hired in the first place. I suspect I would have enjoyed the Hope Prosky Grace School more but I do wonder what the reasons were for getting someone very different.

They wanted to modernize and inject a little more rigor into the educational part of the school. Morgano had a solid record.

Entertaining read, but I found the whole thing entirely predictable. Morgano's mistake was thinking that radical change was welcome and not involving the teachers in making the changes.

Also, the quote from "Pat" at the end was fascinating. I think firing her was probably the right decision based on that.

That plus blatant ass kissing of new money without recognizing the power and pull of old money.

[Anonymous]

I was googling Chelsea Redick after reading this and stumbled on an article about JJ Redick and an “abortion contract” he asked for (and received) with a previous girlfriend. Classy.

https://deadspin.com/how-j-j-redicks-abortion-contract-was-conceived-912727291/amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does make one wonder why Morgano was hired in the first place. I suspect I would have enjoyed the Hope Prosky Grace School more but I do wonder what the reasons were for getting someone very different.

They wanted to modernize and inject a little more rigor into the educational part of the school. Morgano had a solid record.

Entertaining read, but I found the whole thing entirely predictable. Morgano's mistake was thinking that radical change was welcome and not involving the teachers in making the changes.

Also, the quote from "Pat" at the end was fascinating. I think firing her was probably the right decision based on that.

Eh. She was fired without cause, which might have been the bosses right, but doesn’t mean some just deserts weren’t in order.

[Anonymous]

Remember when the uber rich didn't send their kids to nursery school?

They had governnesses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre

Oh, those were the days.

[Anonymous]

You know what they say? Drama + time = comedy.