Indulge my fantasy - top private vs. Walls

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Anonymous wrote:Walls is an amazing place, very sheltered from the DCPS crazy. Let her choose or pick walls

Amazing? No. Better than your average DC public high school? Sure (but the bar is low).

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Sidwell people are so insecure.

Wow! Public school parents are so insecure, defensive, and broke. Bad combination.

So funny. 19 pages of Sidwell folks getting wrapped around the axle. On the DCPS sub. Even the GDS parents aren’t so sensitive. You are seriously insecure.

Wrapped around the axle? 😂 We must be reading different threads. No one is more insecure than DCPS parents discussing private schools. No one!

No one except Sidwell parents discussing Walls.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Sidwell people are so insecure.

Wow! Public school parents are so insecure, defensive, and broke. Bad combination.

So funny. 19 pages of Sidwell folks getting wrapped around the axle. On the DCPS sub. Even the GDS parents aren’t so sensitive. You are seriously insecure.

Wrapped around the axle? 😂 We must be reading different threads. No one is more insecure than DCPS parents discussing private schools. No one!

No one except Sidwell parents discussing Walls.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

NP. Besides Walls’ motivated, capable, and fairly well-behaved student body, I must have missed all of the other great things about the school. Can you please list the top 5 things Walls offers?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

NP. Besides Walls’ motivated, capable, and fairly well-behaved student body, I must have missed all of the other great things about the school. Can you please list the top 5 things Walls offers?

Read the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

NP. Besides Walls’ motivated, capable, and fairly well-behaved student body, I must have missed all of the other great things about the school. Can you please list the top 5 things Walls offers?

Read the thread.

Well I read the thread and no one has said anything positive that was great about the school except the cohort and a biology teacher who is good.

So……all the walls parents on here what exactly is great about the school.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

NP. Besides Walls’ motivated, capable, and fairly well-behaved student body, I must have missed all of the other great things about the school. Can you please list the top 5 things Walls offers?

Read the thread.

Well I read the thread and no one has said anything positive that was great about the school except the cohort and a biology teacher who is good.

So……all the walls parents on here what exactly is great about the school.

What’s great about Sidwell? -Besides political leader’s children attendance. Anyone can go to Sidwell with money -not anyone can go to Walls.

Both schools have pros and cons, this thread is so silly and I love to read it.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

NP. Besides Walls’ motivated, capable, and fairly well-behaved student body, I must have missed all of the other great things about the school. Can you please list the top 5 things Walls offers?

Read the thread.

Well I read the thread and no one has said anything positive that was great about the school except the cohort and a biology teacher who is good.

So……all the walls parents on here what exactly is great about the school.

What’s great about Sidwell? -Besides political leader’s children attendance. Anyone can go to Sidwell with money -not anyone can go to Walls.

Both schools have pros and cons, this thread is so silly and I love to read it.

Deflect because you can’t think of anything to answer the question I see……….

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

NP. Besides Walls’ motivated, capable, and fairly well-behaved student body, I must have missed all of the other great things about the school. Can you please list the top 5 things Walls offers?

Read the thread.

Well I read the thread and no one has said anything positive that was great about the school except the cohort and a biology teacher who is good.

So……all the walls parents on here what exactly is great about the school.

What’s great about Sidwell? -Besides political leader’s children attendance. Anyone can go to Sidwell with money -not anyone can go to Walls.

Both schools have pros and cons, this thread is so silly and I love to read it.

Your deflection and non-answer is an answer. Thank you for confirming that there’s nothing really great about Walls, except the student body.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting ridiculous. Who cares if people know Sidwell or not.

What matters is the quality of the school and hands down Sidwell offers a much better education overall in every department. Yes you have to pay for it. If I had the money, it’s a no brainer to send the kid to Sidwell over Walls. If money was not a factor, 99% would send their kid there.

End of story.

Signed public school parent

Except facts don't bear out your claim. Kids do turn down Sidwell, or choose not to apply there even if they are applying to other schools.

I'm not sure you can even argue that the educational quality is "hands down" better than Walls. Sidwell does have some academic weaknesses.

But even assuming the academics are better, some things about Sidwell are pretty awful. Like do you really want to go to school with the Sidwell poster here, who is so obsessed with money and name-recognition and jockeying for status?

If you haven't, at a minimum, been to both schools and know students well at both schools, then don't make presumptions.

I’m the PP. Of course kids turn down any private school but it is a very small number at Sidwell. The reality is that many kids who don’t apply to Sidwell but Walls is due to cost or that they likely won’t get in. Lots of top kids leave DCPS after middle school to go to privates. Ask any ward 3 parent with a high performer.

Sorry but you are so in total denial if you think the education at Sidwell is not better than Walls. The top kids come out so much better prepared for college. Any Walks parent on here who are taking this stance are just trying to justify their choices.

I'm one of those Ward 3 parents of a high performer. I have first-hand experience with what we're talking about.

Sidwell's excessive workload and unhappy kids are not part of my--or my child's--definition of good education.

The denial is not realizing that even affluent people don't all think in lockstep.

No one said all kids go private but you know very well that many top performers are going private if they get in and not going the DCPS route. Now of course if they don’t get in which some won’t, then that is another story.

The highest concentration of smart kids is always in the high performing publics and everyone knows that. many many families in Scarsdale and Palo Alto who could easily afford private and stick with public. And the MCPS magnets and TJ beat the pants off any private. This is because, and I know it is hard to swallow, truly smart and accomplished people often choose to make lives in fields other than hedge funds and investment banking so they cannot afford private.

Why are you even talking about the schools above? We are talking Walls here not the better schools above. It’s a totally different calculation

The only thing Walls has going for it is that there is a better cohort of kids than your IB. That is it. Nothing else to commend the school about.

On what do you base your assessment?

Based on families whose kids go to Walls. If there is anything else great about the school, please chime in.

Okay, so no first-and experience in your family.

Quite a few positives have been mentioned above in this thread and in the thread of the same name on private school forum. So maybe read before asserting guesses.

NP. Besides Walls’ motivated, capable, and fairly well-behaved student body, I must have missed all of the other great things about the school. Can you please list the top 5 things Walls offers?

Read the thread.

Well I read the thread and no one has said anything positive that was great about the school except the cohort and a biology teacher who is good.

So……all the walls parents on here what exactly is great about the school.

What’s great about Sidwell? -Besides political leader’s children attendance. Anyone can go to Sidwell with money -not anyone can go to Walls.

Both schools have pros and cons, this thread is so silly and I love to read it.

Sidwell isn’t perfect, but it’s a great school. If I told you just 5 things (there are many more) that are great about Sidwell, you’ll say I’m bragging. So I won’t because I’m considerate and I don’t want to make you even more envious.

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Good grief. Sidwell should be a great school for the astronomically sum they're charging most of their families. The recent Sidwell grads we know here in Ward 6 haven't gone on to highly competitive colleges. Meanwhile, we know a whole bunch of BASIS, Latin and Walls grads who have. These public-school grads are going to Ivies, MIT, Little Ivies, top public universities (e.g. UC Berkeley, 3% out of state admitted), mostly on substantial fi aid. It's not clear to me what the Sidwell middle-class parents of kids who wind up at pricey 2nd and 3rd tier colleges are paying for. Why do they bother with Sidwell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. Sidwell should be a great school for the astronomically sum they're charging most of their families. The recent Sidwell grads we know here in Ward 6 haven't gone on to highly competitive colleges. Meanwhile, we know a whole bunch of BASIS, Latin and Walls grads who have. These public-school grads are going to Ivies, MIT, Little Ivies, top public universities (e.g. UC Berkeley, 3% out of state admitted), mostly on substantial fi aid. It's not clear to me what the Sidwell middle-class parents of kids who wind up at pricey 2nd and 3rd tier colleges are paying for. Why do they bother with Sidwell?

Ooooh.. shots fired!!! No sarcasm.

[Anonymous]

Good question, why bother with Sidwell as a middle-class parent? Pampered kids have a way of taxing family resources for long periods of time, irrespective of the wealth of the family.