Just realized all the presidents send their kids to Sidwell

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh it’s not that many presidents that have even had school aged kids.

People here who are not that old remember that before Clinton, Sidwell was not that special or well known outside DC. Chelsea totally changed how people perceived it.

This!
We have had a lot more presidents than Clinton and Obama… such a strange post.
And how can OP say “all”, and then follow it with “except” examples? That is the definition of “some”.

[Anonymous]

Try not to obsess over the kids OP.. They did not ask to be in the public eye

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Anonymous wrote:Trump's kid was at St. Andrews Episcopal in Potomac (one of the "Big 15"?). He is now at Oxbridge Academy, a school in West Palm Beach founded by a member of the Koch family.

Big 15?

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Caroline Kennedy attended Stone Ridge.

Johnson's kids attended DCPS, Murch Elementary, before NCS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Caroline Kennedy attended Stone Ridge.

Johnson's kids attended DCPS, Murch Elementary, before NCS.

Caroline Kennedy never attended Stone Ridge (she attended K in the White House) but her cousin Maria Shriver did attend Stone Ridge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t Gore’s daughter(s?) go to NCS? Only a VP, but presumably they needed security, too?

Bush’s son went to St. Albans and his daughter went to NCS. He was also on the ncs governing board. Gore’s daughter went to NCS and son to STA for a few years.

This article lists the big prep schools and who famous went there: scroll to the bottom

https://www.washingtonian.com/2006/05/01/prep-schools-of-the-power-brokers/


Sidwell Friends

Albert Gore III son of Al Gore 2001
Chelsea Clinton daughter of former president Bill Clinton 1997
Oleg Alexandrovich Troyanovsky former Soviet ambassador to the UN 1937
Bill Nye TV’s “science guy” 1973
Doug Gansler Montgomery County state’s attorney 1981
Charlie Gibson host, ABC’s Good Morning America 1961
Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon daughters of former president Richard M. Nixon 1964 and ’66

Al Gore III was kicked out of STA over marijuana use and the Gores got Sidwell to take him in. I well remember when it happened.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Caroline Kennedy attended Stone Ridge.

Johnson's kids attended DCPS, Murch Elementary, before NCS.

Caroline Kennedy never attended Stone Ridge (she attended K in the White House) but her cousin Maria Shriver did attend Stone Ridge.

Correct, Caroline Kennedy was registered to attend Stone Ridge before ... they moved to New York.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old are you? When Carter had his daughter in DCPS, the press wouldn't leave her alone. I don't think any future POTUS with school age children will use DCPS again.

The Clintons toured Deal when they were first moving to DC and the Secret Service apparently rejected it; doubtful they would have actually sent here there in any event though.

[Anonymous]

I think Susan Ford went to Holton.

[Anonymous]

I call troll post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try not to obsess over the kids OP.. They did not ask to be in the public eye

Lol. Were this true, Baron would have been off limits.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that the Obamas preferred GDS but the secret service asked them to chose Sidwell b/c they were already familiar with the school and knew how to work with it.

I recall this was reported in news stories at the time.

Really? Do you have a cite?

Obviously, security issues were important (eg, Biden's grandkids were at Sidwell) but where is the reporting that they preferred GDS?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/local/obama-family-chooses-sidwell-friends-school/1844476/

NP
I don't have a citation immediately, but I also remember this being the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Susan Ford went to Holton.

She did

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard that the Obamas preferred GDS but the secret service asked them to chose Sidwell b/c they were already familiar with the school and knew how to work with it.

I recall this was reported in news stories at the time.

Yes. It is a security thing.

But, I'm old enough to remember Amy Carter going to DC public school.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/11/michelle-obama-to-tour-dc-priv.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22sidwell.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/16school.html