GDS Student Newspaper posts about the horrible incident

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Anonymous wrote:I also have an 11 year old boy and can’t imagine him making this up or carrying on for this long if it wasn’t true. Something clearly happened there. I can see why any parent at the school would be worried about the alleged perps still being at the school.

Seriously. An 11 year old boy claiming that they were anally raped is not something that would normally be in the realm of false accusation.

The social stigma alone, even at GDS, would make such a claim unlikely to be 100% false. Something happened.

Whether there is criminal proof of what happened, at a school in which the potential perpetrators are likely connected and capable of fighting back, is a completely different matter.

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Anonymous wrote:If I were a GDS parent I would support the school in denying any wrongdoing in order to h avoid any liability and avoid paying the family compensation for the incident. Specially if there is no hard evidence.

You have it backwards. If there were any hint of this actually having happened the school would have paid (its insurance actually) asap. The blunt fact is that this attack was fabricated by the child and then magnified by the parent/s. There are so many examples of this (Washington Hebrew for one). The rape never happened - this is obvious.

You really don’t know enough to conclude that. You just don’t want to believe the victim.

I think it’s pretty clear. And no, I don’t think an abstraction like “believe victims” should be used to assess situations like this. It sounds like they believed the victim to an appropriate degree (ie open an investigation) and found nothing credible. Purported victims don’t have some kind of never-ending presumption of credibility in all cases.

I agree with that, but a the same time the school doesn’t seem to have much empathy with the incident or intentions to reinforce protocol to prevent a similar scenario in the future. Family is wrong school is right.

The incident being a false allegation? Yes I imagine the school is now going to install cameras to protect itself.

Would you stop gaslighting? The victim was a small child.

The child clearly has some needs but no reason to believe anything like a rape happened at GDS.

You are in no position to conclude that. Shame on you.

Sure I am. I am in much more of a position to conclude that than you are that something actually happened based on no more than your belief that all alleged victims are truthful.

Now can I believe GDS may have mishandled the allegation, communications with the school community, not have taken every prevention, may need to supervise bathrooms better? Sure of course.

We already have the conclusion from the MPD and the independent investigator. The allegation seems credible but there is a lack of evidence to move forward. This is easily explained by the timeline.

I think you misunderstand what “credible” means here. “Credible” just means there was enough to investigate - ie that the child didn’t say something like “an alien came in a UFO and did it.” The subsequent lack of evidence indicates it never actually happened.

What you are insinuating is horrible. So unless someone films the rape, it did not happen? Are you serious? Shame on you!

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[Anonymous]

I am not part of the school community, but as an administrator at another independent school I want to say that it is critical that schools response to these kinds of allegations is to refer them to outside authorities and investigators, and then to step back and let those authorities investigate.

It has been shown over and over that schools and colleges who investigate bring bias to that investigation.

GDS might or might not have done the right thing here, but the decision to let MPD take the lead is the right one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I also have an 11 year old boy and can’t imagine him making this up or carrying on for this long if it wasn’t true. Something clearly happened there. I can see why any parent at the school would be worried about the alleged perps still being at the school.

Seriously. An 11 year old boy claiming that they were anally raped is not something that would normally be in the realm of false accusation.

The social stigma alone, even at GDS, would make such a claim unlikely to be 100% false. Something happened.

Whether there is criminal proof of what happened, at a school in which the potential perpetrators are likely connected and capable of fighting back, is a completely different matter.

Nobody knows if it was the kid or the parent who made the allegation. And false allegations happen. They really do.

If there was any hint this actually happened the school would have been all over it. I just don’t for a second believe that a school would sweep a rape during school of an 11 year old under the rug.

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Anonymous wrote:If I were a GDS parent I would support the school in denying any wrongdoing in order to h avoid any liability and avoid paying the family compensation for the incident. Specially if there is no hard evidence.

You have it backwards. If there were any hint of this actually having happened the school would have paid (its insurance actually) asap. The blunt fact is that this attack was fabricated by the child and then magnified by the parent/s. There are so many examples of this (Washington Hebrew for one). The rape never happened - this is obvious.

You really don’t know enough to conclude that. You just don’t want to believe the victim.

I think it’s pretty clear. And no, I don’t think an abstraction like “believe victims” should be used to assess situations like this. It sounds like they believed the victim to an appropriate degree (ie open an investigation) and found nothing credible. Purported victims don’t have some kind of never-ending presumption of credibility in all cases.

I agree with that, but a the same time the school doesn’t seem to have much empathy with the incident or intentions to reinforce protocol to prevent a similar scenario in the future. Family is wrong school is right.

The incident being a false allegation? Yes I imagine the school is now going to install cameras to protect itself.

Would you stop gaslighting? The victim was a small child.

The child clearly has some needs but no reason to believe anything like a rape happened at GDS.

You are in no position to conclude that. Shame on you.

Sure I am. I am in much more of a position to conclude that than you are that something actually happened based on no more than your belief that all alleged victims are truthful.

Now can I believe GDS may have mishandled the allegation, communications with the school community, not have taken every prevention, may need to supervise bathrooms better? Sure of course.

We already have the conclusion from the MPD and the independent investigator. The allegation seems credible but there is a lack of evidence to move forward. This is easily explained by the timeline.

I think you misunderstand what “credible” means here. “Credible” just means there was enough to investigate - ie that the child didn’t say something like “an alien came in a UFO and did it.” The subsequent lack of evidence indicates it never actually happened.

What you are insinuating is horrible. So unless someone films the rape, it did not happen? Are you serious? Shame on you!

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You sound like you want this to be true, which is it’s own kind of twisted ness.

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Anonymous wrote:If I were a GDS parent I would support the school in denying any wrongdoing in order to h avoid any liability and avoid paying the family compensation for the incident. Specially if there is no hard evidence.

You have it backwards. If there were any hint of this actually having happened the school would have paid (its insurance actually) asap. The blunt fact is that this attack was fabricated by the child and then magnified by the parent/s. There are so many examples of this (Washington Hebrew for one). The rape never happened - this is obvious.

You really don’t know enough to conclude that. You just don’t want to believe the victim.

I think it’s pretty clear. And no, I don’t think an abstraction like “believe victims” should be used to assess situations like this. It sounds like they believed the victim to an appropriate degree (ie open an investigation) and found nothing credible. Purported victims don’t have some kind of never-ending presumption of credibility in all cases.

I agree with that, but a the same time the school doesn’t seem to have much empathy with the incident or intentions to reinforce protocol to prevent a similar scenario in the future. Family is wrong school is right.

The incident being a false allegation? Yes I imagine the school is now going to install cameras to protect itself.

Would you stop gaslighting? The victim was a small child.

The child clearly has some needs but no reason to believe anything like a rape happened at GDS.

You are in no position to conclude that. Shame on you.

Sure I am. I am in much more of a position to conclude that than you are that something actually happened based on no more than your belief that all alleged victims are truthful.

Now can I believe GDS may have mishandled the allegation, communications with the school community, not have taken every prevention, may need to supervise bathrooms better? Sure of course.

We already have the conclusion from the MPD and the independent investigator. The allegation seems credible but there is a lack of evidence to move forward. This is easily explained by the timeline.

I think you misunderstand what “credible” means here. “Credible” just means there was enough to investigate - ie that the child didn’t say something like “an alien came in a UFO and did it.” The subsequent lack of evidence indicates it never actually happened.

What you are insinuating is horrible. So unless someone films the rape, it did not happen? Are you serious? Shame on you!

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You sound like you want this to be true, which is it’s own kind of twisted ness.

No, I simply believe a traumatized 11 year old and his family. You stick with the rapists

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow you seem unhinged. Instead of talking to the top 40 universities you might try exercise, therapy, talking to friends. Curious what the university presidents had to say about a random school in DC and your kids experience there.

Wow, you sound like Russell himself. Everyone I spoke with agreed that it is risky to take people from a random school in DC that sells it as the top school in the region. Who wouldn't want to roll the dice and infect their communities with students groomed in a culture of bullying by bullies raised by self absorbed parents like yourself allowed to flourish in the GDS breeding ground. A place where two unaccounted rapists get to be groomed because of the negligence of the administration. It's parents like you that enabled this culture and teach your kid to be a bully with th name calling others. We get it, you have no problem and put education and money before your child's wellbeing and have no problem rolling the dice at GDS.

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So what happens next? Assuming no new information is brought forward the school just hopes this goes away? Case closed? What a black cloud to hang over a whole school.

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Anonymous wrote:If I were a GDS parent I would support the school in denying any wrongdoing in order to h avoid any liability and avoid paying the family compensation for the incident. Specially if there is no hard evidence.

You have it backwards. If there were any hint of this actually having happened the school would have paid (its insurance actually) asap. The blunt fact is that this attack was fabricated by the child and then magnified by the parent/s. There are so many examples of this (Washington Hebrew for one). The rape never happened - this is obvious.

You really don’t know enough to conclude that. You just don’t want to believe the victim.

I think it’s pretty clear. And no, I don’t think an abstraction like “believe victims” should be used to assess situations like this. It sounds like they believed the victim to an appropriate degree (ie open an investigation) and found nothing credible. Purported victims don’t have some kind of never-ending presumption of credibility in all cases.

I agree with that, but a the same time the school doesn’t seem to have much empathy with the incident or intentions to reinforce protocol to prevent a similar scenario in the future. Family is wrong school is right.

The incident being a false allegation? Yes I imagine the school is now going to install cameras to protect itself.

Would you stop gaslighting? The victim was a small child.

The child clearly has some needs but no reason to believe anything like a rape happened at GDS.

You are in no position to conclude that. Shame on you.

Sure I am. I am in much more of a position to conclude that than you are that something actually happened based on no more than your belief that all alleged victims are truthful.

Now can I believe GDS may have mishandled the allegation, communications with the school community, not have taken every prevention, may need to supervise bathrooms better? Sure of course.

We already have the conclusion from the MPD and the independent investigator. The allegation seems credible but there is a lack of evidence to move forward. This is easily explained by the timeline.

I think you misunderstand what “credible” means here. “Credible” just means there was enough to investigate - ie that the child didn’t say something like “an alien came in a UFO and did it.” The subsequent lack of evidence indicates it never actually happened.

What you are insinuating is horrible. So unless someone films the rape, it did not happen? Are you serious? Shame on you!

+1000

You sound like you want this to be true, which is it’s own kind of twisted ness.

No, I simply believe a traumatized 11 year old and his family. You stick with the rapists

Do you realize how dumb it sounds to say that your criteria for believing something is that somebody said it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what happens next? Assuming no new information is brought forward the school just hopes this goes away? Case closed? What a black cloud to hang over a whole school.

I think most reasonable people will conclude it never happened but that GDS should install additional cameras.

[Anonymous]

Bullying at GDS, A Culture of Bullying

I saw this on a GDS review site that was posted by a middle school student at GDS in 2023 which is rare. I think it sheds a lot of light into what is actually going on at the school. Most of the high rated reviews seemed to have been posted by GDS people themselves because they read like paid ads of too much trying. But this review seemed honest and troubling.
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https://www.niche.com/k12/georgetown-day-school-washington-dc/reviews/

Rating 3 out of 5reviews
I loved GDS in K-4 but something changed in middle school. Too much bullying and students picking on one another. Every day mean things are said to me. I am pushed around on the field. Tripped. And other students laugh at me and tell me I am not their friend. I am left out of groups I was a part of for years. Kids are crying in class when they don’t get their way. The school is not trying to help and they do not even tell the parents. Also, my parents think I do not get enough homework and the academics are lite compared to other private schools. I felt like the culture changed this last year. It’s not a happy place to learn anymore.

Middle school student Dec 10 2023

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens next? Assuming no new information is brought forward the school just hopes this goes away? Case closed? What a black cloud to hang over a whole school.

I think most reasonable people will conclude it never happened but that GDS should install additional cameras.

No, not at all. You are so unreasonable you are not on planet earth. Here, on earth, it happened and has had a phony investigation that wasn’t made in good faith.

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Anonymous wrote:I also have an 11 year old boy and can’t imagine him making this up or carrying on for this long if it wasn’t true. Something clearly happened there. I can see why any parent at the school would be worried about the alleged perps still being at the school.

Seriously. An 11 year old boy claiming that they were anally raped is not something that would normally be in the realm of false accusation.

The social stigma alone, even at GDS, would make such a claim unlikely to be 100% false. Something happened.

Whether there is criminal proof of what happened, at a school in which the potential perpetrators are likely connected and capable of fighting back, is a completely different matter.

Nobody knows if it was the kid or the parent who made the allegation. And false allegations happen. They really do.

If there was any hint this actually happened the school would have been all over it. I just don’t for a second believe that a school would sweep a rape during school of an 11 year old under the rug.

False allegations do happen. That is true. But it is also true that, on the spectrum of hyptheticals, a presumably 6th grade boy alleging that they were anally raped by presumably an 8th grade boy is the least common of all potential hypotheticals.

Let us also be honest that the liklihood of a school, with a large politically influential parent population, sweeping this type of incident under the rug is not uncommon.

The odds of such a hypothetical school sweeping such an incident under the rug is more common than a hypothetical 6th grader falsely alleging male on male, peer on peer, rape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GDS should install additional cameras.

Posting this on February 14, 2026 is revealing about your lack of connection to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens next? Assuming no new information is brought forward the school just hopes this goes away? Case closed? What a black cloud to hang over a whole school.

I think most reasonable people will conclude it never happened but that GDS should install additional cameras.

This comment is laughable.